"So many of my relatives didn't get..." - Quote by Dolly Parton
So many of my relatives didn't get a chance to go to school, and my own Daddy couldn't read or write.
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“That traveling man was a two time lover, he took my love, then he took my mother.”
“Some people say that less is more. But I think more is more.”
“A lot of my own relatives didn't get to go to school because we were mountain people. You have to get out and work and help feed the family. My own dad couldn't read and write. And my dad was very proud of me.”
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“I went to a white school over here in Mason, Michigan. The white man made the mistake of letting me read his history books. He made the mistake of teaching me that Patrick Henry was a patriot and George Washington - wasn't nothing non-violent about old Pat or George Washington.”
“What I have learned from my own experience is that the most important ingredients in a child's education are curiosity, interest, imagination, and a sense of the adventure of life.”
“Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.”
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“I had a bag of Fritos, they were Texas grilled Fritos. These Fritos had grill marks on them. They remind me of summer, when we used to fire up the barbeque and throw down some Fritos. I can still see my dad with the apron on. Better flip that Frito, dad, you know how I like it.”
“Mom says it's because she has PMS. Do you even know what that means? "I'm not a little kid anymore. It means pissed-at- men syndrome”
“Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you.”