"I think 9/11 affected everybody in one..." - Quote by Dolly Parton
I think 9/11 affected everybody in one way or another.
More by Dolly Parton
“I don't have time to stand around and listen to an 11-minute song.”
“Above everything else I've done, I've always said I've had more guts than I've got talent.”
“I've never had a divorce, but I've seen so many of my friends, my sister, my family go through that stuff, so I try to write for the people that can't write about it. I take on their sorrow, so I'm able to kind of express it, or their joy.”
More on Impact
“All the darkness in the world can't put out the light of one candle.”
“The most impactful dollars that Australia can spend are actually what goes to help the poorest.”
“The great leaders in history were great not because of what they owned or earned but because of what they gave their lives to accomplish. They made a difference!”
More on Tragedy
“And I'm dying to know, is it killing you like it's killing me? And the story of us looks a lot like a tragedy now.”
“I don't write fantasy, I write reality. Also, my novels have roots to Greek tragedies and as such, there has to be tragedy.”
“Life was a fairy-tale, then, it is a tragedy now. When I was 43 and John Hay 41 he said life was a tragedy after 40, and I disputed it. Three years ago he asked me to testify again: I counted my graves, and there was nothing for me to say. I am old; I recognize it but I don't realize it. I wonder if a person ever really ceases to feel young - I mean, for a whole day at a time.”