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I think so many people live their whole life in fear and doubt and shame.

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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When its family, you tolerate what you'd kill others for.
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My favorite movies of all times is 'Doctor Zhivago,' and I love 'Gone With the Wind.' I'd love to play some Southern belle or something where I owned a plantation.
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Time marches on and sooner or later you realize it is marching across your face.
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Working nine to five, what way to earn a living. Barely getting by... It's all taking and no giving. They use just your mind and they never give you credit. It's enough to drive you crazy if you let it!
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I've tried different things through the years to get some play on mainstream. I'll try to tailor-make it.
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Years ago when I first started being a big star I had fans that were fanatical. It was when Jolene was a big hit.
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Sometimes if you jump into something too quickly, you can screw up something that might have been good two years down the road.
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Sometimes I start with a great title or idea, sometimes a great melody will run through my mind but the higher percentage of the time, the words and music pretty much come at the same time.
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I wear make-up, and it gets a little bit thicker every year.
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Find out what you are, then do it on purpose
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I listen to my old records and I think, 'How did I ever get on the radio?'
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Being brought up very religious, I have a fear of people that look to idol gods. But we are idols and we're all gods, so to speak, and I think that celebrities should acknowledge their responsibility, because we are in a position to help.
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No matter what, I always make it home for Christmas. I love to go to my Tennessee Mountain Home and invite all of my nieces and nephews and their spouses and kids and do what we all like to do - eat, laugh, trade presents and just enjoy each other... and sometimes I even dress up like Santa Claus!
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When I'm feeling a little low, I put on my favorite high heels to stand a little taller.
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I am a tender-hearted person, and I feel everything to the ninth degree.
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I don't mind being it [age 60], I just don't like saying it.
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The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain. When I'm inspired, I get excited because I can't wait to see what I'll come up with next. Find out who you are and do it on purpose.
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The guitar is my favorite and the one, I guess, I'm best at. But I play enough of the different instruments to be able to write with them and to, hopefully, to make myself look impressive on stage.
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