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The worst thing about poverty is not the actual living of it, but the shame of it.

Dolly Parton

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Dolly Parton
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: January 19
Actor
Autobiographer
Banjoist
Businessperson
Composer
Country Musician
Country Singer
Film Actor
Film Producer
Guitarist
Pittman Center
Tennessee
Dolly Rebecca Parton
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Shame
Poverty
Worst
Living

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I have a life outside the arenas.
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There are certainly a lot of things that still need to change when it comes to women in the workforce.
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Its hard to be a diamond in a rhinestone world.
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It doesn't bother me when someone calls me a 'dumb blonde.' I'm neither dumb or blonde.
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My philosophy is simple: It's a down-home, common, horse-sense approach to things.
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