Dolly Parton on change
Dolly Parton101 quotes“If you don’t take the reins, it’s going to stay the same. Nothin’s gonna change if you don’t change it.”
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There’s no such thing as too much glitter.
Dolly PartonDolly Parton I’m not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I’m not dumb – and I’m not blonde either.
Dolly PartonDolly Parton So long as you got your smile then you’ve got everything you need!
Dolly PartonDolly Parton f you ain’t laughin’, you ain’t livin’.
Dolly PartonDolly Parton I get by with a little help from my friends!
Dolly PartonDolly Parton A positive attitude and a sense of humor go together like biscuits and gravy.
Dolly PartonDolly Parton You’d be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap!
Dolly PartonDolly Parton I’m not going to limit myself just because people won’t accept the fact that I can do something else.
Dolly PartonDolly Parton People always ask me how long it takes to do my hair. I don’t know, I’m never there.
Dolly PartonDolly Parton We should always be ready to lend a hand when someone is hurting.
Dolly PartonDolly Parton You never know how much you love somebody until they’re gone.
Dolly PartonDolly Parton I describe my look as a blend of mother goose, cinderella, and the local hooker!
Dolly PartonDolly Parton Being a star just means that you just find your own special place, and that you shine where you are.
Dolly PartonDolly Parton God made me the way that I am and it’s my business to be true to that.
Dolly PartonDolly Parton We could afford the price of peace. Love is all it costs.
Dolly PartonDolly Parton I probably have a hundred dresses from over the years. I just can’t seem to let go of my favorites!
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Don’t compare her to sunshine and roses when she’s clearly orchids and moonlight.
Melody LeeMelody Lee Oh moonlight, continue to shine on me. As you light up the sky, maybe some peace will come to me.
ShamaShama Stop counting the reasons why they should be loved and start counting the many reasons why you are the one who is worth loving.
Ayaka HaseAyaka Hase Sure, there are oceans and seas and magnificent things – but none of them are you.
L.T. PhoenixL.T. Phoenix I wish you the wildest of dreams.
Kate WestKate West The way you look at me, The way you make me feel whole, The way you make me feel safe, thats poetry to me.
Barbara GianquittoBarbara Gianquitto You cannot leave and have me too I cannot exist in two places at once-when you ask if we can still be friends.
Rupi KaurRupi Kaur Live to be happy not to impress.
Hayley EvansHayley Evans
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If the shoe doesn’t fit, must we change the foot?
Gloria SteinemGloria Steinem As inclination changes, thus ebbs and flows the unstable tide of public judgment.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller I think that we need to change the culture, not blame the people that are playing the only game that exists.
Gloria SteinemGloria Steinem Any great change must expect opposition, because it shakes the very foundation of privilege.
Lucretia MottLucretia Mott The second you change the way you look at a situation, your stress levels drop.
Gabrielle BernsteinGabrielle Bernstein I never set out to write a book to change women’s lives, to change history. It’s like, ‘Who, me?’ Yes, me. I did it. And I’m not that different from other women. Maybe my power and glory was that I could speak my truth as a woman and it was the truth of every woman.
Betty FriedanBetty Friedan What we do to animals directly impacts everything, because we are all connected. It disrupts the food chain, it funds terrorism (ivory), it changes our climate, our oceans, it starts wars.
Nikki ReedNikki Reed In middle school, we are all so damn insecure. It was the worst time for me, really destructive, like slapping myself across the face but loving it. Now I have to be an adult and change myself. I have to be a bigger person.
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