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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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RYAN LEONARD I thought, 'They want a Dolly Parton look-alike.' They're not gonna like me.'
CATHERINE BACH I know some of the best Dolly Parton jokes. I made 'em up myself.
DOLLY PARTON Art is never finished, only abandoned.
, (MAYBE) Something important I have learned is patience, and turning each failure into a learning experience....
LINDSEY RIETZSCH My mom took me to a Dolly Parton concert when I was 3.
KAT DENNINGS I saw Dolly Parton play at the Glastonbury Festival to about 120,000 people. It was an ocean of huma...
STURGILL SIMPSON I love Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Adele.
CASEY WILSON Aye, well, I've got my garden.
LIKE I I told my Nike representative, 'Why didn't you guys use me for this?''' Williams said, laughing.
LIKE I On the interception, I was out of bounds,
LIKE I casually made his 'abort black fetuses' argument.
LIKE I I can field my position. If I start worrying about being ready for a line drive too soon that means ...
LIKE I I told him that he played a great game,'' said Falcons quarterback Michael Vick , who like Manning w...
LIKE I I was so concerned with getting the ball out of my hands and not taking the sack, that sometimes I t...
LIKE I I knew I had to throw the ball better,'' Manning said of his poor start.
LIKE I I think the reason that I have that title or that moniker is because people don't know what to expec...
LIKE I You're either ready and prepared to take on the task, or you're not,'' he said.
LIKE I I did not have one butterfly out there today,'' he said.
LIKE I Married to the Mob.
LIKE I Hello you're with Drudge.
LIKE I I don't expect Christian Fundamentalists to reach out to me. They are adamant that homosexuals are i...
LIKE I throw enough shit at the wall and some should stick?
LIKE I I'm not happy, that's all I can say about it,'' he said.
LIKE I Sometimes I feel like a has-been who never was.
SANDRA DEE Jimmy Carter as President is like Truman Capote marrying Dolly Parton. The job is just too big for h...
RICH LITTLE My dream duet would be with Dolly Parton!
ELLE KING I can't thank God enough for His grace and mercies. I'm full of joy because He has given me a gift o...
EUGINIA HERLIHY My dog Jake ran up to Dolly Parton, and he put his nose up her skirt. We were like, 'Oh my God, ...
DIERKS BENTLEY I get along with all the women singers, but especially Dolly Parton. We talk the same hillbilly lang...
LORETTA LYNN Dolly Parton made me chicken and dumplings. That Tennessee woman can burn some pots! And we know tha...
QUEEN LATIFAH I got to say 'Hi' to Dolly Parton, which my mom thought was kind of cool.
LANDON DONOVAN I feel like, God expects me to be human. I feel like, God likes me just the way I am: broken and emp...
C. JOYBELL C. Well I always wanted to be Dolly Parton when I was a little girl. I was obsessed with her.
REESE WITHERSPOON I want to meet Denzel Washington when I go to the Oscars. Every man wants to see Halle Berry in pers...
JUICY J Never feel shame for trying and failing for he who has never failed is he who has never tried.
OG MANDINO My life has never been wonderful. Maybe when I was a child, but not after age 15.
KAROLYN GRIMES Dolly Parton... I love being around that woman! I worked really hard to keep up with her.
DOM DELUISE God I have come to you in prayer, not because I'm in need, but because you have been always there fo...
ERIKA F. CASADO I've never really been very good at marriage. It's one of my failures. I've tried my bes...
LEN GOODMAN When I served as prime minister last time, I failed to prioritize my agenda. I was eager to complete...
SHINZO ABE I tried hard to understand that there is no God But i failed . and now i chose to be smarter than to...
ANWAR DANI I've never been fired in my life. From anything. I've never failed at anything I've trie...
TOM FRESTON So we gave up. I'd finally had enough of chasing after a ghost who did not want to be discovered. We...
JOHN GREEN Lets be clear, Dolly Parton is a rapper. Somewhere before all the country, I don't know what hap...
QUEEN LATIFAH I always like story songs, Dolly Parton, Tom T. Hall, Mel Tillis, Red Stegall, when they'd do th...
REBA MCENTIRE I feel like, in some ways, I'm just a journalist.
NANCI GRIFFITH It was just awful. It was the bottom of my life. Thank God I didn't do any drugs or drink at the tim...
ALEX SAAVEDRA I'm not really into alternative country - I'm into Patsy Cline, who lived down the street fr...
VALERIE JUNE When I first tried the American accent, for a moment I thought I could never be an actor because I j...
MARGOT ROBBIE At 49, I can say something I never would have said when I was a player, that I'm a better person...
BILL WALTON The designer tells TV Guide that it was -- quote -- ?brilliant, spontaneous, and just a quintessenti...
ISAAC MIZRAHI I never want my kids to feel like I'm just some housewife who was just kicking it with my husban...
TAMAR BRAXTON I tried and failed; And then I failed because I failed to try again.
JECON B. NADELA You sounded like Dolly parton on helium."
(After kristy lee cook of season 7 on american idol,s...
SIMON COWELL I not often like the begining of something it has it owns doubts, loses and failures. But the end is...
DEYTH BANGER I feel like it has gone very fast for me, but I feel like it wasn't instantaneous, at all. I was get...
ANTHONY DOERR Just to be a part of something that can travel beyond and reach the lives of people and help them th...
BJ THE CHICAGO KID I feel like I owe him something, and I hate owing people. Maybe if I had thanked him at some point, ...
SUZANNE COLLINS Whenever I walk off the golf course, I thank God that I'm able to tell a joke. I thank God I'...
RAY ROMANO I feel like I wasted my time because I could have been at a junior college.
JAMIE STEWART When I was really little, I listened to Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, Barbara Mandrel, Crystal Gayle, ...
LAURA BELL BUNDY I feel like my maybe someday just became my right now.
COLLEEN HOOVER I followed my heart and figured that if I tried and failed, at least I'd know that I tried.
MICHELLE BRANCH I got to thank God because that's my inspiration for everything that I do,
AALIYAH At the time I thought a referendum was plausible, but upon reflection I changed my mind.
DONALD PITKIN Maybe tranquility is the dirt under my nails. I know it's there but I never feel like digging it out...
CASEY RENEE KISER I still pray but it's something automatic, and I'm not even sure I still believe in it... Because I'...
PAULO COELHO Chris Nielsen: Thank you for every kindness. Thank you for our children. For the first time I saw th...
RICHARD MATHESON I figured, if I failed, I'd tried something that I hadn't tried before and if one movie was ...
ELIZABETH PENA I've never been in a position like this before, and I thank God for this opportunity, because it's b...
ABRAHAM NUNEZ Never feel shame for trying and failing, for he who never failed is he who never tried.
OG MANDINO Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.
GEORGE E. WOODBERRY Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.
GEORGE EDWARD WOODBERRY I had no real communication with anyone at the time, so I was totally dependent on God. And he never...
DIET EMAN I just gotta keep reminding myself: Every time I do an interview or something, my volition really ha...
RIVERS CUOMO Maybe this is wrong, but I feel like I craft my songs carefully enough that I still find that fiftee...
BEN FOLDS While the business has been good to me, I just feel like doing something different. I have not made ...
HERMAN PERSAUD I feel like it has gone very fast for me, but I feel like it wasn't instantaneous, at all. I was...
ANTHONY DOERR I had cleavage that would make Dolly Parton proud. But those things are really heavy and I'm pre...
LEXA DOIG I don't know why it is, but every time I reach out for something I want, I have to pull back because...
ARTHUR MILLER My putter failed me, but I probably failed my putter, ... I think I got a little flat after the boge...
DANA QUIGLEY I feel like my maybe someday just became my right now.
COLLEEN HOOVER I would rather listen to someone who tried and failed than someone who dreamed but never tried.
JENNIFER COLETTA I like cinema. I am very fond of it. But from time to time I feel like having some time on my own.
PATRICE LECONTE Maybe, in the final analysis, they saw me as something I wasn't and I tried to turn them into someth...
AVA GARDNER This is something that I have been contemplating for a couple years. For some time, I have been gett...
DR. STEVEN DUNTON My mom was a terrible parent of young children. And thank God - I thank God every time I think of it...
MAYA ANGELOU I failed a lot of times running after people that didn't feel the same way for me. I treated them li...
MAHMOUD EL HALLAB I worked on 'USA Today' as a topic for while. I tried to do something on hand chairs, chairs...
JIM GAFFIGAN I have my way of dealing with lows in my career: I just go on a holiday. Coping with a failure of a ...
ALIA BHATT I've never regretted anything I've done, even the things that I've failed at. I've o...
DEAN KAMEN Trying to conceal the fact that I was a gay, effeminate, hyperactive, adopted child with a serious l...
KEVYN AUCOIN I don't believe in failure, because simply by saying you've failed, you've admitted you attempted. A...
SARAH DESSEN I just feel bad because maybe I rushed myself back a little bit too soon. It's been frustrating for ...
BARON DAVIS I've tried like hell to make bad movies good, and I can't. Maybe Marlon Brando has been able to do t...
DYLAN MCDERMOTT Failure is simply the definition of trying for the last time. Never quit, and you've never failed.
JOHN BIELAMOWICZ I was serving very good. After I get the break in the third set, for sure, I feel more confident. Es...
FELICIANO LOPEZ It's weird because if I'm not doing anything, I get antsy. I feel like I always have to be d...
TREVOR JACKSON Dolly Parton has been a union member for 30 years. We don't understand why a company that has her na...
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DOLLY PARTON The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.

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DOLLY PARTON There is something very freeing about being anonymous because nothing is expected of you; nothing is...
DOLLY WELLS I love 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' and 'Extras' and also 'The Trip.' That had all...
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