A Quote by Dolly Parton

We're phonies if we're not exactly who we are. — © Dolly Parton
We're phonies if we're not exactly who we are.

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I'm not trying to be anyone. You know why other executives always hire phonies? Because they're phonies. They hire phonies because they like phonies. They're comfortable with them.
In a town full of phonies, I'm not afraid to be me.
I was surrounded by phonies...They were coming in the goddam window.
People that can't stand to listen to the blues, they've got to be phonies.
It's one of those places that are supposed to be very sophisticated and all, and the phonies are coming in the window.
We're against hypocrisy, lies, bigotry, show business, insincerity, phonies, and fakers.
The older you get, the easier it is to spot the phonies. And I just think, how unpleasant for them.
I was in the land of fakes and frauds and phonies-I felt like saying “Howdy cousin,” to everybody who walked by.
Our offices must always be headed by the kind of men who command respect. Not phonies, zeros or bastards.
If you sat around there long enough and heard all the phonies applauding and all, you got to hate everybody in the world, I swear you did.
As human beings we have this immediate gateway - you’ve just to articulate exactly the way that you’re exiled, exactly the way that you don’t belong, exactly the way that you can’t love, exactly the way that you can’t move ... and you’re on your way again. You’re on your way home. If you can just say exactly the way that you’re imprisoned - the door swings open.
Pete (Rose) doesn't run with celebrities and he can't stand the phonies. His big buddy in LA ain't Sinatra, it's a funny old groundskeeper.
If we know exactly where we're going, exactly how to get there, and exactly what we'll see along the way, we won't learn anything.
You know, you say ‘not exactly’ a lot. You’re not exactly a vampire. You’re not exactly from Scotland, and you’re allergic to daylight. What else? (Sunshine) I hate bran muffins and grass. (Talon)
Never, never trust anyone who asks for white wine. It means they're phonies.
It shouldn't come as any surprise that those who choose acting as a profession are phonies who live in a fantasy world. What is surprising is how many of them are blissfully unaware of it.
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