Dolly Parton

Singer, Songwriter, Actress

Dolly Parton is a celebrated singer-songwriter and philanthropist known for her impactful music and advocacy for literacy and women's rights.

Born
January 19, 1946
Quotes
587
Rank
#426

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"George Jones was my all time favorite singer and one of my favorite people in the world."

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"I did not, thank the Lord, have to have a hysterectomy."

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"I went to bed hungry many nights as a child. It was a Dream that dressed me up when I was ragged, and it was a Dream that filled me up when I was hungry. Now it's my Dream to see that no child in this world ever goes hungry, certainly not here in America, the most bountiful country in the world. We can do better...we must!"

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"Thanks to Botox and fillers, as well as the work that I've already had, my face pretty much maintains itself."

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"I didn't know any gay people in my childhood."

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"Love is like a butterfly, a rare and gentle thing."

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"I am amazed at the response of my being on the show. Everywhere I go, every young person points at me and says "Hi, Aunt Dolly." Or "Are you Aunt Dolly?" I love doing the show and I love Miley and Billy Ray [Cyrus]. I am proud to be her honorary Godmother."

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"I stay close to my roots and my family. I never want to forget any part of it. I'm still just a hillbilly at heart, thus a Backwoods Barbie."

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"We could afford the price of peace. Love is all it costs."

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"When its family, you tolerate what you'd kill others for."

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"There's no such thing as free love. Have you seen the price of Viagra?"

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"I try to see the good in everybody, and I don't care who people are as long as they're themselves, whatever that is."

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"No one is ever successful at everything that they do."

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"I have little feet because nothing grows in the shade."

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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."

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"The hardest exercise for most of us fat people is that one where we push our chairback from the dinner table."

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"We're all God's children."

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"When I talk to a man, I can always tell what he's thinking by where he is looking. If he is looking at my eyes, he is looking for intelligence. If he is looking at my mouth, he is looking for wisdom. But if he is looking anywhere else except my chest he's looking for another man."

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