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You can't really make people be any different than what they are.

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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Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Merle Haggard, Hank Williams. All of them are different styles, but those are the songs that make the times. They're the songs that last through time.
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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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I will not play just an evil part. In fact, I got offered $7 million several years ago to play the part that Faye Dunaway played in 'Supergirl.' I was kind of insulted. I was impressed with the money, but I said, 'Why are you asking me to play an evil witch? Do I come across as an evil witch to you?'
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There's a heart beneath the boobs and a brain beneath the wig.
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I'm not sixty, I'm sexty.
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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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I have little feet because nothing grows in the shade.
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Goodbye- please don't cry/we both know that I'm not what you need. But I will always love you.
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Most country songs, certainly all the stuff I've written, are stories driven by characters.
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People always ask me how long it takes to do my hair. I don’t know, I’m never there.
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I enjoy the way I look, but it's a joke.
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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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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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Islands in the streams, that is what we are.
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'9 to 5 the Musical' is perfect for anyone that's ever wanted to string up their boss, which is almost all of us.
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I've used my femininity and my sexuality as a weapon and a tool... but that's just natural.
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I think gay couples should be allowed to marry. They should suffer just like us heterosexuals.
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I wake up with new dreams every day...more I can do to channel that into things that I love to create is healthier for me and probably for everybody around me.
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I embrace everybody for who and what they are.
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Our own freewill, to choose the paths we take, no greater deed could ever be done than for another's sake.
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