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I always thought that if I made it big or got successful at what I had started out to do, that I wanted to come back to my part of the country and do something great, something that would bring a lot of jobs into this area.
Dolly Parton
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Dolly Parton
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: January 19
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Dolly Rebecca Parton
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