934 Quotes by Dolly Parton

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    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.

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    I do have a few little tattoos, but they were mostly done to cover scars because I'm so fair.

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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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    Well, my smile's pretty hard to miss, considering I'm a gal who likes her lipstick-the redder the better.

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    I have a person who works in my organization who once was a woman and now is a man. I didn't know for years that this person had had a sex change. I know what a wonderful person he is, and I based some of my feelings (in the song) on my feelings for him and on knowing what he went through.

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    I love traveling all over the world; but it's true: there's nothing like home.

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