"I'm not offended by all of the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb … and I also know that I'm not blonde."
"The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you got to put up with the rain."
"Don't get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life."
"I don't like to be like . I've often made the statement that I'd never stoop so low as to be fashionable. That's the easiest thing in the world to do."
"I'm very real where it counts, and that's "
"My weaknesses food and men - in that order."
"I know some of the best Dolly Parton jokes. I myself."
"If I see something saggin', baggin' or draggin', I'm gonna have it nipped, tucked or sucked!"
"I like all that frilly stuff. Like I've always said, it's a good thing I was a girl, or I'd ! Most definitely."
"Find out who you are. And ."
"It's hard to be a ."
"I have to not harden my heart, because I want to . So when I hurt, I hurt all over. And when I cry, I cry real hard. And when I'm mad, I'm mad all over. I'm just a person; I like to experience whatever the feeling is and whatever I'm going through."
"I'm just because people won't accept the fact that I can do something else."
"You gotta keep trying to find your niche and trying to fit into whatever slot that's left for you or to make one of your own."
"Being a star just means that you just find your own special place, and that you ."
"I am sure of myself as a person. I am . I'm sure of my love for life and that sort of thing.
I am very content, I like the kind of person that I am. So, I can afford to piddle around and do-diddle around with makeup and clothes and stuff because I am secure with myself."
"Now people are always asking me, 'What do you want people to say about you 100 years from now?' I always say I want them to say, 'Dang, don't she still l?' "
"I'm old enough and cranky enough now that if someone tried to tell me what to do, I'd ."
"You'll never do a whole lot unless you're ."
"Leave something good in ."
"I know I look artificial, but I might surprise you.
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"I don't plan to retire. I just turned 74 and I plan to be on . See, I did Magazine years ago and I thought it'd be such a hoot if they'll go for it - I don't know if they will - if I could be on the cover again when I'm 75."
