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Quotes from Dolly Parton


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We're all just a bunch of sinners, but we do the best we can.


You know, I look like a woman but I think like a man. And in this world of business, that has helped me a lot. Because by the time they think that I don't know what's goin' on, I then got the money, and gone.


It costs a lot of money to look this cheap.


I've used my femininity and my sexuality as a weapon and a tool... but that's just natural.


The only way I'd be caught without makeup is if my radio fell in the bathtub while I was taking a bath and electrocuted me and I was in between makeup at home. I hope my husband would slap a little lipstick on me before he took me to the morgue.


If I hadn't been a woman, I'd be a drag queen for sure. I like all that flair and I'd be dressing up in them high heels and putting on the big hair. I'd be like Ru Paul.


I hated school. Even to this day, when I see a school bus it's just depressing to me. The poor little kids.


I want to go and go, and then drop dead in the middle of something I'm loving to do. And if that doesn't happen, if I wind up sitting in a wheelchair, at least I'll have my high heels on.


Adjusting to the passage of time, I think, is a key to success and to life: just being able to roll with the punches.


If you like good ol' fashion Southern soul food then, yes, I am a good cook! My specialty is chicken dumplings and poke salad.


You gotta keep trying to find your niche and trying to fit into whatever slot that's left for you or to make one of your own.


The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.


Everywhere I go, the kids call me 'the book lady.' The older I get, the more appreciative I seem to be of the 'book lady' title. It makes me feel more like a legitimate person, not just a singer or an entertainer. But it makes me feel like I've done something good with my life and with my success.


I'd love to do a duet, always wanted to work with Madonna, but she never asked.


My songs are the door to every dream I've ever had and every success I've ever achieved.


I'm an energy vampire. I just suck off everybody's energy. But I give it back.


I've always kinda been a little outcast myself, a little oddball, doin' my thing, my own way. And it's been hard for me to, to be accepted, certainly in the early years of my life.


I grew up around lots of men - my father, my brothers, my uncles - so I wasn't intimidated by them.


'9 to 5 the Musical' is perfect for anyone that's ever wanted to string up their boss, which is almost all of us.


We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.