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I was very honored to get to be part of 'American Idol.'
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
Idol
Idols
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My first job was singing on the Cas Walker radio show in Knoxville, Tennessee. I was about 10 years old and I thought it was big time.
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I was probably 7 years old when I started playing the guitar and writing some serious songs.
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Don't get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.
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I have a life outside the arenas.
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My songs are the door to every dream I've ever had and every success I've ever achieved.
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I'm one of those people that if its something to eat I'm going to eat the whole thing, If I'm going to be in love I'm going to love you all the way and if my heart's broken, it's just shattered all to pieces.
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I can't do nothing just a little.
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It costs a lot of money to look this cheap.
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Stop this attitude that older people ain't any good anymore! We're as good as we ever were - if we ever were any good.
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So many of my relatives didn't get a chance to go to school, and my own Daddy couldn't read or write.
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I wear make-up, and it gets a little bit thicker every year.
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I remain totally convinced that if we can do one more simple thing to help kids and adults to learn more, it is to inspire them to read more.
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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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When the new country came out ten to 15 years ago, people my age were almost too old. But it never stopped me. I never stopped writing. I never stopped recording.
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I may look fake but I'm real where it counts.
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We're supposed to be less judgmental and accept and be kind and love one another.
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We give scholarships to high school kids and a new library of books to every preschool child in the county where I was born. I didn't have books at home so I did all my reading at school. I love books and I believe that helping kids to read gives them a great start in life.
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It's when you treat people like freaks that you become one yourself.
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I don't want to throw rice. I want to throw rocks.
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I often joke that 100 years from now I hope people are saying, 'Dang, she looks good for her age!'
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