Dolly Parton quotes - page 3

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?' (Dolly Parton)
I was born with a happy heart, and I try to keep a good attitude. It's not true that I'm happy all the time because nobody is, and we all go through our things. View quote
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No one is ever successful at everything that they do. View quote
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Adjusting to the passage of time is a key to success and to life: just being able to roll with the punches. View quote
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I had nothing growing up, but I always wanted to be 'sexy,' even before I knew what the word was. View quote
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I think so many people live their whole life in fear and doubt and shame. View quote
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I'm no natural beauty. If I'm gonna have any looks at all, I'm gonna have to create them. View quote
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I often joke that 100 years from now I hope people are saying, 'Dang, she looks good for her age!' View quote
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My songs are like my children - I expect them to support me when I'm old. View quote
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There's nothing like white trash at the White House. View quote
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My fat never made me less money. (Dolly Parton)
Every seven years, I sit down and make a whole new plan. View quote
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Oh, I can spot a phoney a mile away. View quote
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A lot of people have said I'd have probably done better in my career if I hadn't looked so cheap and gaudy. But I dress to be comfortable for me, and you shouldn't be blamed because you want to look pretty. View quote
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If you like good ol' fashion Southern soul food then, yes, I am a good cook! My specialty is chicken dumplings and poke salad. View quote
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I always thought that if I made it big or got successful at what I had started out to do, that I wanted to come back to my part of the country and do something great, something that would bring a lot of jobs into this area. View quote
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God knows when the end of time will come, not some fanatic... The world will end someday, but the end of the world and the end of time are two different things. View quote
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God has his plans and his reasons. Sometimes we are supposed to go through things so that we learn lessons. View quote
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I love Velveeta cheese. View quote
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I can't do nothing just a little. View quote
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People say I look so happy - and I say, 'That's the Botox.' (Dolly Parton)
Sometimes if you jump into something too quickly, you can screw up something that might have been good two years down the road. View quote
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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. View quote
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My lips, I've used collagen. I line my lips with collagen. View quote
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Until I was a teenager, I used red pokeberries for lipstick and a burnt matchstick for eyeliner. I used honeysuckle for perfume. View quote
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