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Dolly Parton Quote

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

— Dolly Parton

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I thank God for my failures. Maybe not at the time but after some reflection. I never feel like a failure just because something I tried has failed.

— Dolly Parton

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I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb... and I also know that I'm not blonde.

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

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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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If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one.

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

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