Dolly Parton Quotes

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Any relationship is like a house with an upstairs: it's got two stories.

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I don't look this way out of ignorance. If people think that I do, they're dumber than I am.

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I look at myself like a show dog. I've got to keep her clipped and trimmed and in good shape.

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I like to buy clothes that are two sizes too small and then take them in a little.

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I thought it was a good time to write an album of just love songs. Most of them are positive. There's a couple of cheatin' type things, but you know, that's a type of love, too. If you're in love, you're in love. It doesn't matter. Love is love is love is love. Your heart can't help what it does.

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I just can't stand to look plain, 'cause that don't fit my personality. I may be a very artificial-looking person, but the good news is, I'm very real on the inside.

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A peacock that rests on his feathers is just another turkey.

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I've always said that if I hadn't been a woman, I would have been a drag queen.

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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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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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If I seem strange to people, I guess it's because I look so artificial and I am so real. My looks sort of collide with the way I am.

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It's almost like being trapped in some other form. The real me is so different from the way I look on the outside.

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Sure I'm in it for the money, but also because I love music. I picture myself in the future as a happy old lady, chubby, rosy cheeks, telling stories to the little kids. When I sit back in my rocker, I want to have done it all.

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I do wear wigs.... I sometimes make the joke about me standing on a hilltop with my hair blowing in the wind — and me too proud to run after it.

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