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My life has run from misery to happiness.

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
Misery
Happiness
Running
Life

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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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I've been around a long time, and life still has a whole lot of surprises for me.
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I think Charley Pride has been one of the best things to happen to country music, to prove it belongs to everybody.
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I know what it's like to be pregnant and nervous and poor.
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My mother used to paper pictures from movie magazines on the wall of her bedroom. When I was born, she looked at those pictures to decide on a name for me. Claudette Colbert's picture was up there and so was Loretta Young's. She decided Loretta was the prettiest name, so I was named after her.
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There's always been a man telling me what to do.
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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 want more out of life than I've gotten.
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I avoid going through places where there's too much poverty.
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I'm always making Butcher Holler sound like the most backward part of the United States-and I think maybe it is.
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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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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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Sometimes it's like you're a big pie settin' on the table, and everybody runs up and gets their piece of you. When it's over' the plate's empty.
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My attitude toward men who mess around is simple: If you find 'em, kill 'em.
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You're the reason our kids are ugly.
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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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When I first came to Nashville, people hardly gave country music any respect. We lived in old cars and dirty hotels, and we ate when we could.
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