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I'm very upfront and very honest. I don't let a bunch of stuff fester and boil over.

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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I think [music and acting], they are connected, all that stuff. It's your emotional self, is pretty much how you do it, I think, from whatever place you do it, whether you're acting or you're singing.
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I wanted to write a book that talked about the emotions of children, which is the rainbow. We all have moods. We talk about being blue when we're sad, and being yellow when we're cowards, and when we're mad, we're red.
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You gotta keep trying to find your niche and trying to fit into whatever slot that's left for you or to make one of your own.
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People tend to fear what they do not know, and what they fear they dislike.
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When you're 40, you can't ride the fence anymore. You gotta make definite decisions about your life.
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If you're feeling low, don't despair. The sun has a sinking spell every night, but it comes back up every morning.
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I don't mind being it [age 60], I just don't like saying it.
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They say somebody's 'street smart.' I feel like, if I got intelligence, it's just a country smart.
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God tells us not to judge one another, no matter what anyone's sexual preferences are or if they're black, brown or purple.
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I don't make people bend over backwards, and I don't like that in people. I am definitely no diva.
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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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Music is my personal addiction. So much of everything I've done has only been to open more doors for the music itself. It all gets back to the fact that I am, first of all, a songwriter and a singer.
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I'm not intimidated by how people perceive me.
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When I sit back in my rocking chair someday, I want to be able to say I've done it all.
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Life is a song to me.
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Living in America and, of course, just being women in general, we've got more strength than we think we do.
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I have surrounded myself with very smart people.
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lots of women buy just as many wigs and makeup things as I do ... They just don't wear them all at the same time.
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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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I feel that sin and evil are the negative part of you, and I think it's like a battery: you've got to have the negative and the positive in order to be a complete person.
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