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Write about the truth. If you write about the truth, somebody's living that. Not just somebody, there's a lot of people.

Loretta Lynn

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Loretta Lynn
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: April 14
Guitarist
Musician
Recording Artist
Screenwriter
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Violinist
Butcher Holler
Kentucky
Loretta Webb
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I won all the blue ribbons for canning at the state fair.
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Me and my partner, Conway Twitty, cleaned up at the 1972 Country Music Association Awards.
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I don't go to church regular. But I pray for answers to my problems.
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You've got to continue to grow, or you're just like last night's cornbread - stale and dry.
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I'm not a big fan of Women's Liberation, but maybe it will help women stand up for the respect they're due.
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I've been around a long time, and life still has a whole lot of surprises for me.
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All music is based on country music. And that's why so many different kinds of people relate to it. There are more country music fans in New Jersey than there are down South.
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Daddy was real gentle with kids. That's why I expected so much out of marriage, figuring that all men should be steady and pleasant.
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It's important that you take care of yourself and blow off steam in the right way. Don't let some woman walk in and say, hey, goodbye! and take your man. Kill her if you can! I'm only kidding.
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Sometimes they work, and sometimes they just won't. Sometimes you get hung up on them. When that happens, you just throw it back, and maybe come back to it two or three weeks later.
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My attitude toward men who mess around is simple: If you find 'em, kill 'em.
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I never knew any Jews until I got into show business. I've found them to be real smart and good workers.
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If anyone asks how old I am, tell them it's none of their business!
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Being on stage is the best part of my career. I just say whatever comes into my head. It's the only time I feel grown-up and in control of things.
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I've seen things, and that's almost the same as doing them.
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I wasn't for Vietnam. When I told that to the hippie newspaper, all my people got nervous.
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The night I announced I was getting married, Daddy paced for hours on the porch.
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You're the reason our kids are ugly.
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Mommy smoked but she didn't want us to. She saw smoke coming out of the barn one time, so we got whipped.
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I never knew where babies came from until it happened to me.
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