30 Kasım 2012 Cuma
Top 10 Music videos from the 80's
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You may have gathered that the Islander is a budding sports journalist and comic book connoisseur. Apart from that, I have a fetish for old school music. So I thought I would share my top 10 1980s music videos with you kind folks. Enjoy!!!10. "Safety Dance" - Men without hats (1983)9. "Need you tonight" - INXS (1987)8."What a feeling" - Irene Cara (1983)7. "Take on me" A-Ha (1985)6. "I wanna dance with somebody" - Whitney Houston (1987)5. "Relax, Don't do it" - Frankie goes to Hollywood (1983)4. "Wild boys" - Duran Duran (1984)3. "Billie Jean" - Michael Jackson (1983)2. "Never gonna give you up" - Rick Astley (1987)1. "Thriller" - Michael Jackson (1983)
KATE MOSS AND CAROLINA HERRERA A LIVING 'AWARDS NIGHT' IN BARCELONA
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(Hola.com) Yesterday, Venezuelan designer received an awardin recognition of his career during the delivery of the 'Mango Fashion Awards'2012, in which the jury was the British model. It is the international fashionaward more prize money in the world, 'Mango Fashion Award. Award from yesterdayin its 4th edition, and has an owner, Wisharawish Akarasantisook (January 5,1982, Thailand). Moved, the young artist collected his prize, whose sum amountsto 300,000 euros. And he did from the president of Mango and jury, Isak Andic,and the designer Carolina Herrera, who also was in luck, because, during thisevent held at the Palau Nacional de Montjuic, received an award in recognitionof his entire career. Three players undoubted night that joined the supermodelKate Moss, current signature image. She also was on the jury, a privilegedposition that filled him with pride, as well as the fact of seeing promisingyoung fashion can have their chance. "I am honored to be part of the jury.This is a great opportunity for young designers. It's amazing what Mango isdoing for them because they support and allows them to design for largeenterprises, "said the 'top' British. But for her, what qualities musthave a designer to succeed? "Obviously, you must have passion, imaginationand determination. This is a tough business and we must always believe inyourself. Also important is the originality. You have to catch the imaginationof people and their capture in a show every day with items that are going totake, "he said during the gala dinner which provided a framework fordelivery of these awards. It was an evening filled with familiar faces, inwhich Kate Moss took the opportunity to do a little analysis of its influencein the fashion world and their experiences. This did not hesitate to talk aboutwhat designer would highlight in his long career, "would highlight theGalliano shows because they are always magical. They are a show, like theater." Just do not feel entirely confessed a 'fashion icon': "Do not thinkabout it when I seen that morning. I just dress the way I feel I want to dress."The birth of a starNatural Thailand, but has lived four years in Paris,Wisharawish Akarasantisook becomes a new figure in the world of design to befollowed closely. For now, winning this award is a triumph of true luxury, whoarrived by different accidents. "It's a great chance to collaborate withMango. I saw on the news the third edition and, therefore, decided to introducemyself, "he said. And he did, ran and won with a collection full of verypersonal feelings: "Following the death of my father returned to Thailand,so I am inspired by Buddhist temples, analyzing the relationship between lifeand death to nature. A collection in great detail and handmade pieces. "
(Hola.com) Yesterday, Venezuelan designer received an awardin recognition of his career during the delivery of the 'Mango Fashion Awards'2012, in which the jury was the British model. It is the international fashionaward more prize money in the world, 'Mango Fashion Award. Award from yesterdayin its 4th edition, and has an owner, Wisharawish Akarasantisook (January 5,1982, Thailand). Moved, the young artist collected his prize, whose sum amountsto 300,000 euros. And he did from the president of Mango and jury, Isak Andic,and the designer Carolina Herrera, who also was in luck, because, during thisevent held at the Palau Nacional de Montjuic, received an award in recognitionof his entire career. Three players undoubted night that joined the supermodelKate Moss, current signature image. She also was on the jury, a privilegedposition that filled him with pride, as well as the fact of seeing promisingyoung fashion can have their chance. "I am honored to be part of the jury.This is a great opportunity for young designers. It's amazing what Mango isdoing for them because they support and allows them to design for largeenterprises, "said the 'top' British. But for her, what qualities musthave a designer to succeed? "Obviously, you must have passion, imaginationand determination. This is a tough business and we must always believe inyourself. Also important is the originality. You have to catch the imaginationof people and their capture in a show every day with items that are going totake, "he said during the gala dinner which provided a framework fordelivery of these awards. It was an evening filled with familiar faces, inwhich Kate Moss took the opportunity to do a little analysis of its influencein the fashion world and their experiences. This did not hesitate to talk aboutwhat designer would highlight in his long career, "would highlight theGalliano shows because they are always magical. They are a show, like theater." Just do not feel entirely confessed a 'fashion icon': "Do not thinkabout it when I seen that morning. I just dress the way I feel I want to dress."The birth of a starNatural Thailand, but has lived four years in Paris,Wisharawish Akarasantisook becomes a new figure in the world of design to befollowed closely. For now, winning this award is a triumph of true luxury, whoarrived by different accidents. "It's a great chance to collaborate withMango. I saw on the news the third edition and, therefore, decided to introducemyself, "he said. And he did, ran and won with a collection full of verypersonal feelings: "Following the death of my father returned to Thailand,so I am inspired by Buddhist temples, analyzing the relationship between lifeand death to nature. A collection in great detail and handmade pieces. "
BOBBY BROWN, WHITNEY HOUSTON'S EX-HUSBAND, REMARRIES
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(Globovision.com) Bobby Brown, Whitney Houston's ex-husband,married his fiancee Alicia Etheridge on Monday in Honolulu (Hawaii), reportedthe online edition of People magazine. The R & B star was joined on thelink for his family and friends, including her older children (Landon, 23;La'Princia, 22, and Bobby Jr., 29) and Cassius, three years, the only it has incommon with Etheridge. The wedding took place just a day after Brown concertwith his band New Edition. The couple had committed in 2010, when Brown askedhim to marry during a mass concert Etheridge New Edition in Jacksonville (Florida).Brown has always grateful Etheridge publicly support and found new life withher after their divorce in 2007 from Houston, who died in February. "Ifound again the passion for music and love myself through it," he saidlast year the musician to the publication of respect for Etheridge, who servesas manager of Brown. Bobbi Kristina Brown, the only daughter of Brown andHouston, was not present on the link. According to the magazine, therelationship between father and daughter through their best moment. Houstonmarried Brown in 1992. Bobbi Kristina had a year later and after a tumultuousrelationship, which included a complaint of domestic violence singer andseveral attempts to combat Houston addiction to drugs and alcohol, the coupledivorced in 2007.
(Globovision.com) Bobby Brown, Whitney Houston's ex-husband,married his fiancee Alicia Etheridge on Monday in Honolulu (Hawaii), reportedthe online edition of People magazine. The R & B star was joined on thelink for his family and friends, including her older children (Landon, 23;La'Princia, 22, and Bobby Jr., 29) and Cassius, three years, the only it has incommon with Etheridge. The wedding took place just a day after Brown concertwith his band New Edition. The couple had committed in 2010, when Brown askedhim to marry during a mass concert Etheridge New Edition in Jacksonville (Florida).Brown has always grateful Etheridge publicly support and found new life withher after their divorce in 2007 from Houston, who died in February. "Ifound again the passion for music and love myself through it," he saidlast year the musician to the publication of respect for Etheridge, who servesas manager of Brown. Bobbi Kristina Brown, the only daughter of Brown andHouston, was not present on the link. According to the magazine, therelationship between father and daughter through their best moment. Houstonmarried Brown in 1992. Bobbi Kristina had a year later and after a tumultuousrelationship, which included a complaint of domestic violence singer andseveral attempts to combat Houston addiction to drugs and alcohol, the coupledivorced in 2007.IT'S OFFICIAL JOHNNY DEPP AND VANESSA PARADIS SEPARATE
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(Quien.com) After a few months ago rumors emerged strongerseparation of Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis, the actor's representativeconfirmed today in a statement the breaking of the famous Hollywood couple."The couple has been separated amicably. Please respect their privacy, andmore importantly, the privacy of their children, "said the manager of theHollywood star. In January, People magazine reported the actor and model, hadbegun to lead separate lives, however none of them of them had made anystatement. According to various media, the couple had reason to stop us ratioof 14, were the constant commitments that had profeisonales Deep. on the otherhand, it is said that the apple discord was the actress, Amber Heard, whostarred opposite the actor in the film 'The Rum Diary'. Johnny and Paradis havetwo children, Jack and Lily 12 and 10 years respectively.
(Quien.com) After a few months ago rumors emerged strongerseparation of Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis, the actor's representativeconfirmed today in a statement the breaking of the famous Hollywood couple."The couple has been separated amicably. Please respect their privacy, andmore importantly, the privacy of their children, "said the manager of theHollywood star. In January, People magazine reported the actor and model, hadbegun to lead separate lives, however none of them of them had made anystatement. According to various media, the couple had reason to stop us ratioof 14, were the constant commitments that had profeisonales Deep. on the otherhand, it is said that the apple discord was the actress, Amber Heard, whostarred opposite the actor in the film 'The Rum Diary'. Johnny and Paradis havetwo children, Jack and Lily 12 and 10 years respectively.CAUSES CONTROVERSY 'SOFIA', THE NEW DISNEY PRINCESS
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(Quien.com)The Walt Disney defendedhis new character, the PrincessSophia, who in his presentationwas billed as a "HispanicPrincess", but whose featureshave caused controversy among U.S. Hispanic associations.After criticism of the character, Disney recantedand explained that he had never intended Sofia Hispanictraits. "What is important to know is that Sophie isa girl from a fairy tale living in a fairytale world.All characters come from places of fantasy that mayreflect elements of different cultures and ethnicities, but are not intended specificallyto represent real-world cultures, "said Nancy Kanter Tuesday, general manager of Disney Junior worldwide."The writers have wisely chosen to writestories that will be familiar to childrenfrom different backgrounds," he added. The new character, which will be releasedon Disney Channel on November 18,has red hair, blueeyes and white skin, features notdefined mostly Latinos."We need more heroes right now that areidentifiable," criticized Alex Nogales, president and CEO of the National Hispanic Media Coalition, a nonprofit organizationthat promotes equality of Latinos in the entertainment industry."We are at a time when Latinos are takingthe blame for everything that is wrong with America. If youare going to promote to the public, and Latinos in particular, let usthe favor and become (the character) in areal America, "he said. Kanterinsisted the fairy world of Sofia is not ours, butone designed to stimulate theimagination of children. "Seriesdebut in Sofia SofiaThe First: Once upon a princess, created forchildren between 2 and 7 years.
(Quien.com)The Walt Disney defendedhis new character, the PrincessSophia, who in his presentationwas billed as a "HispanicPrincess", but whose featureshave caused controversy among U.S. Hispanic associations.After criticism of the character, Disney recantedand explained that he had never intended Sofia Hispanictraits. "What is important to know is that Sophie isa girl from a fairy tale living in a fairytale world.All characters come from places of fantasy that mayreflect elements of different cultures and ethnicities, but are not intended specificallyto represent real-world cultures, "said Nancy Kanter Tuesday, general manager of Disney Junior worldwide."The writers have wisely chosen to writestories that will be familiar to childrenfrom different backgrounds," he added. The new character, which will be releasedon Disney Channel on November 18,has red hair, blueeyes and white skin, features notdefined mostly Latinos."We need more heroes right now that areidentifiable," criticized Alex Nogales, president and CEO of the National Hispanic Media Coalition, a nonprofit organizationthat promotes equality of Latinos in the entertainment industry."We are at a time when Latinos are takingthe blame for everything that is wrong with America. If youare going to promote to the public, and Latinos in particular, let usthe favor and become (the character) in areal America, "he said. Kanterinsisted the fairy world of Sofia is not ours, butone designed to stimulate theimagination of children. "Seriesdebut in Sofia SofiaThe First: Once upon a princess, created forchildren between 2 and 7 years.29 Kasım 2012 Perşembe
Jessica Simpson Pregnant Again
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Jessica Simpson is pregnant again!
According to the new issue of Us Weekly, seven months after giving birth to daughter Maxwell Drew Johnson, Jessica is once again expecting!
"It definitely wasn't planned. But yes, Jessica is pregnant again," a source told Us.
Engaged for the past two years, Simpson and former NFL pro Johnson, 33, welcomed Maxwell on May 1 of this year.
"Motherhood is a dream," Simpson revealed to Katie Couric back in September. "It really is absolutely amazing."
Congratulations to the happy couple!
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Jessica Simpson is pregnant again!According to the new issue of Us Weekly, seven months after giving birth to daughter Maxwell Drew Johnson, Jessica is once again expecting!
"It definitely wasn't planned. But yes, Jessica is pregnant again," a source told Us.
Engaged for the past two years, Simpson and former NFL pro Johnson, 33, welcomed Maxwell on May 1 of this year.
"Motherhood is a dream," Simpson revealed to Katie Couric back in September. "It really is absolutely amazing."
Congratulations to the happy couple!
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Marilyn Monroe Jewish
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Just in case you wonder if the legendary Marilyn Monroe was Jewish, the truth is that Marilyn was Jewish.
The world's biggest sex symbol signed up to be Jewish by choice.
To be more specific, Monroe and Arthur Miller wed in a Jewish ceremony before a small group of guests. Rabbi Robert E. Goldburg, a Reform rabbi at Congregation Mishkan Israel, presided over the ceremony. Their nuptials were celebrated at the home of Miller's literary agent, Kay Brown, in Westchester County, New York. Some 30 friends and relatives attended the hastily arranged party.
It has to be mentioned that Marilyn nominally baptised and raised as a Pentecostal Christian but before her 1956 conversion to Judaism, she laughingly rejected Jane Russell's conversion attempts during the 1953 filming of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", claiming: "Jane tried to convert me (to religion) and I tried to introduce her to Freud".
We should keep in mind that Marilyn was not persuaded by Arthur Miller to convert to Judaism. In fact, Monroe converted to Judaism before marrying Miller.
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Just in case you wonder if the legendary Marilyn Monroe was Jewish, the truth is that Marilyn was Jewish. The world's biggest sex symbol signed up to be Jewish by choice.
To be more specific, Monroe and Arthur Miller wed in a Jewish ceremony before a small group of guests. Rabbi Robert E. Goldburg, a Reform rabbi at Congregation Mishkan Israel, presided over the ceremony. Their nuptials were celebrated at the home of Miller's literary agent, Kay Brown, in Westchester County, New York. Some 30 friends and relatives attended the hastily arranged party.
It has to be mentioned that Marilyn nominally baptised and raised as a Pentecostal Christian but before her 1956 conversion to Judaism, she laughingly rejected Jane Russell's conversion attempts during the 1953 filming of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", claiming: "Jane tried to convert me (to religion) and I tried to introduce her to Freud". We should keep in mind that Marilyn was not persuaded by Arthur Miller to convert to Judaism. In fact, Monroe converted to Judaism before marrying Miller.
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Marilyn Monroe Birth Certificate
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The world's biggest sex symbol Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jeane Mortenson on June 1, 1926, in the charity ward of the Los Angeles County Hospital.
According to biographer Fred Lawrence Guiles, her grandmother, Della Monroe Grainger, had her baptised Norma Jeane Baker by Aimee Semple McPherson. She obtained an order from the City Court of the State of New York and legally changed her name to Marilyn Monroe on February 23, 1956.
Here is what appears to be a birth certificate of Marilyn Monroe, born Norma Jeane Mortenson on June 1, 1926. The birth record was created by a local registrar on June 5, 1926, and this certified copy of that information was issued by a Health Officer & Registrar on October 24, 1955. It was photographed and then used for the 1981 article about the death of her father, Edward Mortenson, as depicted on the certificate. Mother was Gladys Monroe; Monroe was a surname that Marilyn Monroe officially used.
According to the original caption: Monroe's film studio, 20th Century Fox, stated that her father passed away when she was a baby but this certificate reveals that Edward Mortenson, who had claimed to be her father, was alive until 1981.
Source: eBay item 180815059351
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The world's biggest sex symbol Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jeane Mortenson on June 1, 1926, in the charity ward of the Los Angeles County Hospital.According to biographer Fred Lawrence Guiles, her grandmother, Della Monroe Grainger, had her baptised Norma Jeane Baker by Aimee Semple McPherson. She obtained an order from the City Court of the State of New York and legally changed her name to Marilyn Monroe on February 23, 1956.
Here is what appears to be a birth certificate of Marilyn Monroe, born Norma Jeane Mortenson on June 1, 1926. The birth record was created by a local registrar on June 5, 1926, and this certified copy of that information was issued by a Health Officer & Registrar on October 24, 1955. It was photographed and then used for the 1981 article about the death of her father, Edward Mortenson, as depicted on the certificate. Mother was Gladys Monroe; Monroe was a surname that Marilyn Monroe officially used.
According to the original caption: Monroe's film studio, 20th Century Fox, stated that her father passed away when she was a baby but this certificate reveals that Edward Mortenson, who had claimed to be her father, was alive until 1981.Source: eBay item 180815059351
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Tori Amos Plastic Surgery
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There are many people who wonder: "Has Tori Amos had plastic surgery?"
Needless to say that there are many rumors circulating about Tori Amos bad plastic surgery ranging from celebrity watchers to curious fans who wonder how the alternative singer - songwriter went under the surgeon's knife for such a dramatic makeover!
In detail, some of the things people have observed is the distinctive bump on the end of Tori's nose is gone, a common enough rhinoplasty procedure and that her eyebrows are now higher than they used to be. Even her eyes seem to have taken on a different shape, which can be achieved by plastic surgery on the eyelids to reshape the appearance of the eye.
Judging by the pictures, Tori Amos still appears to have gotten her latest looks from a surgeon's scalpel.
Tori Amos hasn't confirmed plastic surgery rumors, but from the looks of her transformation from 1990-2009, it's quite obvious.
The truth is that Tori is at an age (49) when many - especially in the entertainment industry - begin having more drastic plastic surgery than just a few chemical peels and laser treatments. When comparing photos of Tori from early in her career and the present, it looks like Tori may have had a rhinoplasty as well as a browlift and eyelid surgery as well.
According to plastic surgeon Dr. Jennifer Walden: "Tori is 45 and looking fabulous! Looking back when she first started her career, her nose was the most prominent feature on her face. Lately, her nose seems much more slimmer and her bump on her dorsum is noticeably absent. Her face also looks very refreshed and vibrant and her eyebrows seem to be slightly elevated. She may have had a brow lift, rhinoplasty and possible skin laser treatment to achieve this more youthful appearance."
Dr. Paul S. Nassif, a Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon and Rhinoplasty Specialist in Beverly Hills, Calif. was quoted as saying: "Tori may have had a brow lift. On her before and after photos, it appears that her eyebrows are elevated. Many celebrities also use Botox and/or fillers to stay looking fresh and it seems likely that Tori may also."
Plastic surgeon Dr. Sherrrell J. Aston revealed: "Tori Amos has been mesmerizing audience across the world for years but now it's her face that has people talking. She looks like she has undergone a brow lift, blepharoplasty, Botox and possibly a neck lift."
Manhattan plastic surgeon Dr. David Shafer claimed: "It is unclear whether Tori has had invasive plastic surgery. She definitely has naturally beautiful skin which can be achieved with peels or laser and careful use of Botox."
You can't be 100% certain that Tori went under the surgeon's knife for invasive procedures to keep her looking smooth. According to plastic surgeon experts, Tori has more likely had fillers and injectables to help compliment her anti-aging regimen. These would include Botox, chemical peels, laser treatments and possible fillers like Juvederm and Restylane.
Conclusion: You can't put your figure on what Tori has actually done on her face because she hasn't confirmed anything yet and nobody of the plastic surgeons who have expressed their opinion has ever treated Tori. On the other hand, before and after pictures reveal that Tori has definitely gone under the knife and in fact some photos are terrifying.
What do you think? Has Tori Amos had plastic surgery?
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There are many people who wonder: "Has Tori Amos had plastic surgery?"Needless to say that there are many rumors circulating about Tori Amos bad plastic surgery ranging from celebrity watchers to curious fans who wonder how the alternative singer - songwriter went under the surgeon's knife for such a dramatic makeover!
In detail, some of the things people have observed is the distinctive bump on the end of Tori's nose is gone, a common enough rhinoplasty procedure and that her eyebrows are now higher than they used to be. Even her eyes seem to have taken on a different shape, which can be achieved by plastic surgery on the eyelids to reshape the appearance of the eye.
Judging by the pictures, Tori Amos still appears to have gotten her latest looks from a surgeon's scalpel.Tori Amos hasn't confirmed plastic surgery rumors, but from the looks of her transformation from 1990-2009, it's quite obvious.
The truth is that Tori is at an age (49) when many - especially in the entertainment industry - begin having more drastic plastic surgery than just a few chemical peels and laser treatments. When comparing photos of Tori from early in her career and the present, it looks like Tori may have had a rhinoplasty as well as a browlift and eyelid surgery as well.
According to plastic surgeon Dr. Jennifer Walden: "Tori is 45 and looking fabulous! Looking back when she first started her career, her nose was the most prominent feature on her face. Lately, her nose seems much more slimmer and her bump on her dorsum is noticeably absent. Her face also looks very refreshed and vibrant and her eyebrows seem to be slightly elevated. She may have had a brow lift, rhinoplasty and possible skin laser treatment to achieve this more youthful appearance."
Dr. Paul S. Nassif, a Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon and Rhinoplasty Specialist in Beverly Hills, Calif. was quoted as saying: "Tori may have had a brow lift. On her before and after photos, it appears that her eyebrows are elevated. Many celebrities also use Botox and/or fillers to stay looking fresh and it seems likely that Tori may also."Plastic surgeon Dr. Sherrrell J. Aston revealed: "Tori Amos has been mesmerizing audience across the world for years but now it's her face that has people talking. She looks like she has undergone a brow lift, blepharoplasty, Botox and possibly a neck lift."Manhattan plastic surgeon Dr. David Shafer claimed: "It is unclear whether Tori has had invasive plastic surgery. She definitely has naturally beautiful skin which can be achieved with peels or laser and careful use of Botox."
You can't be 100% certain that Tori went under the surgeon's knife for invasive procedures to keep her looking smooth. According to plastic surgeon experts, Tori has more likely had fillers and injectables to help compliment her anti-aging regimen. These would include Botox, chemical peels, laser treatments and possible fillers like Juvederm and Restylane.
Conclusion: You can't put your figure on what Tori has actually done on her face because she hasn't confirmed anything yet and nobody of the plastic surgeons who have expressed their opinion has ever treated Tori. On the other hand, before and after pictures reveal that Tori has definitely gone under the knife and in fact some photos are terrifying.What do you think? Has Tori Amos had plastic surgery?
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Five Best Plus: Movies I Shouldn't Have Watched with My Son
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Before I begin this post, I maintain that I am a GOOD father. My children are both under two years old and don't really pay attention to what's happening on TV yet unless it involves "Dino Dan," "Peppa Pig," or a "Baby Einstein" video. All I'm saying is that I watched these movies when my oldest son was very little and sleeping for most of the film or just playing in the room for a while. He wasn't watching TV with me, exactly, but he was there when things were happening on screen. If something really bad came on screen, I stopped it or covered his eyes, I swear.
So, there you go. Don't judge me - I would rather my sons be exposed to these films before I'd ever let them watch anything on MTV or "Toddlers & Tiaras."
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The Seventh Continent (1989)
One of the "happiest" films I can remember, Michael Haneke's feature film debut is a dark, depressing look at a family who has had enough with their mundane and repetitive lives, so they make the decision to destroy everything they own and kill themselves. The fact that the couple has a daughter certainly makes it a little more sensitive, given my son was less than a year old when I first watched the film. Imagine being told by your parents that you - as a unit - are going to destroy all you own and end your lives. And you don't really have a choice. My son didn't seem too broken up about the film - he's got pretty thick skin. |
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Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Bjork's music is...an "acquired" taste...but her performance in Lars Von Trier's Dancer in the Dark is both meek and surreal. Unfortunately, it's still a Von Trier film (though it is a musical), which means it is unbelievably uncomfortable to sit through. As she dreams of a happier world filled with music, she toils away at a factory, as a terrible performer in a local theater, and as sole caretaker for her son, whom she fears will lose his sight as she has. So, she saves money to pay for an operation she prays will help him. Then there's the murder, the attempted rape, and a hanging, so it's the perfect kids movie. Regardless, my son was in his jumper for most of the film. I'm not sure he loved it...told me there were some pacing problems. |
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Dogtooth (2009)
This one probably takes the cake for this list - a borderline exploitative look at reality in the sheltered eyes of the beholders. The Greek film centers around a family who lives in a gated off area, including a father that leaves for work every day, a wife, two daughters and a son who have never been outside of the walls of the property. As dad makes up stuff as he goes along, he does all he can to prevent his family from experiencing the world around them, except in the context he provides. But, as his son grows older and begins to mature, he unwillingly allows another into their lives to fill his physical needs, only to see her influence go beyond her purpose. Some incest, nudity, and the graphic death of a cat all led me to believe it was G rated, but my son slept through the whole thing. He doesn't like subtitles. |
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Rabbit Hole (2010)
Certainly nowhere near as visually offensive as the first three on the list, John Cameron Mitchell's adaption of David Lindsay-Abaire's play was a bad idea in topic alone to watch with my son. The story of a young couple dealing with the death of their infant son (yes - I decided mine should be in the room with me) is an emotional drain on anyone who has ever had children; my only child (at the time) was in his jumper, exercising and minding his own business. Needless to say, this brilliant drama was made even more affecting by his presence, ending with me holding him and crying like a baby. I'd still suggest anyone watch the film, but put the kids to bed first. It's brutal. |
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The Kids Are Alright (2010)
This really has nothing to do with the topic, as it does with the one scene in the middle between Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo that gets really graphic really quickly. Thankfully, I was quick to shield his eyes. Regardless, this Oscar nominee was a terribly overrated film - slow, plodding, and boring, brought down by terrible performances from the two children (Josh Hutcherson and Mia Wasikowska). Moore, Ruffalo, and Annette Bening do a great job, but even they can't pull up what is really an underdeveloped story that doesn't really go anywhere. I'm more upset that my son had to sit through that than almost seeing simulated sex on screen. |
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Drive (2011)
I saw this one in the theater first, but loved it so much that I wanted to re-watch it when it came to Netflix streaming. Unfortunately, I had forgotten how graphic some of the moments were and the graphic nudity in the middle of the film. Thankfully, I was quick on the trigger to skip ahead or turn it off. Nicolas Winding Refn's stylish noir has Ryan Gosling at his quietest, along with a laundry list of great performances. Take out the fork scene, the hammer scene, the elevator scene, the robbery segment, the nudity, and the profanity and it's a pretty clean film, right? It's about driving cars! Or, as my son would say, "Cahh-AH! Voom!"So, there you go. Don't judge me - I would rather my sons be exposed to these films before I'd ever let them watch anything on MTV or "Toddlers & Tiaras."
28 Kasım 2012 Çarşamba
Dolly Parton Breast Implants
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It's not a secret that Dolly Parton's most famous body part is her breast. Many people wonder if whether or not Dolly Parton got breast implants.
Well, to take things from the start, Dolly Parton when she rose to fame in the late 1970s, she was significantly overweight, although her small frame and costuming made her seem average in size everywhere except the breasts, which were clearly very large and quickly became the target of late-night talk show host jokes.
At the time, whenever asked if her breasts were real, Dolly claimed they were real. In the mid-1980s, she lost a considerable amount of weight. In interviews afterward, Dolly avoided answering whether she got breast implants, referring to any procedure as only a "lift."
In 2002, however, Dolly revealed for the first time in separate interviews with "The Irish Independent" and "The Daily Mirror" that after the weight loss in the 1980s, she lost a great deal of breast size and subsequently obtained breast implants to bring them back to a similar size as she had prior to the weight loss.
It has to be noted that since then, Dolly has made ample jokes in media interviews about their not being natural. She even once joked by claiming: "Yep they are mine! Bought and paid for!"
But Dolly expressed her desire to get them reduced because they have been giving her excruciating back pain for over thirty years now. Besides, Dolly is ony 5 foot 1.
In addition, in the one interview in the "Irish Independent", Dolly revealed how much money her breast implants cost her. Wanna know how much?? Dolly had gotten breast implants at a cost of about $3,000 (which would date them to around the mid-to-late-1980s). Then in the "London Mirror", Dolly explained that she decided to get breast implants after her dramatic weight loss around 1986.
Dolly has undeniably a great sense of humor. So, during the discussions about the "Weapons of Mass Destruction", Dolly has referred to her famous twins as "Weapons of Mass Distraction" and named them "Shock and Awe"!
It has to be mentioned that Dolly Parton used her royalties from the years after "Jolene" (in 1974) to buy her famous breast implants.
One report, in the mid 1980's, of Dolly having her first set of "full silicone" breast implants taken out to be replaced with a new set of "silicone-saline" breast implants could support the claim that her current breast implants are actually her second set of breast implants.
In the mid 1980's, the breast implants used in the years before that, the so-called "full silicone" breast implants, were reported to possibly cause health hazards. The alternative, called "saline" breast implants, were and are considered less hazardous.
It has to be added that Dolly Parton's breast implants increased her measurements to anywhere from 38CC to 48DD!
It has to be mentioned that Dolly Parton revealed to Oprah Winfrey that plastic surgery is the only way to keep her famous look and if something was sagging or dragging, she was going to have it nipped and tucked.
What do you think of Dolly Parton's breast implants?
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It's not a secret that Dolly Parton's most famous body part is her breast. Many people wonder if whether or not Dolly Parton got breast implants. Well, to take things from the start, Dolly Parton when she rose to fame in the late 1970s, she was significantly overweight, although her small frame and costuming made her seem average in size everywhere except the breasts, which were clearly very large and quickly became the target of late-night talk show host jokes.
At the time, whenever asked if her breasts were real, Dolly claimed they were real. In the mid-1980s, she lost a considerable amount of weight. In interviews afterward, Dolly avoided answering whether she got breast implants, referring to any procedure as only a "lift."
In 2002, however, Dolly revealed for the first time in separate interviews with "The Irish Independent" and "The Daily Mirror" that after the weight loss in the 1980s, she lost a great deal of breast size and subsequently obtained breast implants to bring them back to a similar size as she had prior to the weight loss. It has to be noted that since then, Dolly has made ample jokes in media interviews about their not being natural. She even once joked by claiming: "Yep they are mine! Bought and paid for!"
But Dolly expressed her desire to get them reduced because they have been giving her excruciating back pain for over thirty years now. Besides, Dolly is ony 5 foot 1.In addition, in the one interview in the "Irish Independent", Dolly revealed how much money her breast implants cost her. Wanna know how much?? Dolly had gotten breast implants at a cost of about $3,000 (which would date them to around the mid-to-late-1980s). Then in the "London Mirror", Dolly explained that she decided to get breast implants after her dramatic weight loss around 1986.
Dolly has undeniably a great sense of humor. So, during the discussions about the "Weapons of Mass Destruction", Dolly has referred to her famous twins as "Weapons of Mass Distraction" and named them "Shock and Awe"!It has to be mentioned that Dolly Parton used her royalties from the years after "Jolene" (in 1974) to buy her famous breast implants.
One report, in the mid 1980's, of Dolly having her first set of "full silicone" breast implants taken out to be replaced with a new set of "silicone-saline" breast implants could support the claim that her current breast implants are actually her second set of breast implants.
In the mid 1980's, the breast implants used in the years before that, the so-called "full silicone" breast implants, were reported to possibly cause health hazards. The alternative, called "saline" breast implants, were and are considered less hazardous.It has to be added that Dolly Parton's breast implants increased her measurements to anywhere from 38CC to 48DD!
It has to be mentioned that Dolly Parton revealed to Oprah Winfrey that plastic surgery is the only way to keep her famous look and if something was sagging or dragging, she was going to have it nipped and tucked.
What do you think of Dolly Parton's breast implants?
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Lisa Robin Kelly Arrested For Assault
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Lisa Robin Kelly, who starred as Topher Grace's sister on "That '70s Show," was arrested on Monday night, after reportedly getting into a fight with a 61-year-old man, who has been identified as her husband.
According to celebrity website TMZ, Kelly, 42, and the male were jailed in North Carolina following the violent incident at their home, in which they allegedly assaulted each other.
There were reportedly no injuries and neither alcohol nor drugs were involved in the altercation. Both Kelly and her alleged spouse are still in custody.
It has to be mentioned that this is the second arrest for Kelly this year, who was busted for domestic abuse in March and pled guilty to a DUI charge in North Carolina in November 2010.
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Lisa Robin Kelly, who starred as Topher Grace's sister on "That '70s Show," was arrested on Monday night, after reportedly getting into a fight with a 61-year-old man, who has been identified as her husband. According to celebrity website TMZ, Kelly, 42, and the male were jailed in North Carolina following the violent incident at their home, in which they allegedly assaulted each other.
There were reportedly no injuries and neither alcohol nor drugs were involved in the altercation. Both Kelly and her alleged spouse are still in custody.It has to be mentioned that this is the second arrest for Kelly this year, who was busted for domestic abuse in March and pled guilty to a DUI charge in North Carolina in November 2010.
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Dolly Parton Quotes
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1. I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb... and I also know that I'm not blonde.
2. If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one.
3. The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.
4. You'd be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap!
5. It's a good thing I was born a girl, otherwise I'd be a drag queen.
6. We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.
7. I look just like the girls next door... if you happen to live next door to an amusement park.
8. I was the first woman to burn my bra - it took the fire department four days to put it out.
9. I'm old enough and cranky enough now that if someone tried to tell me what to do, I'd tell them where to put it.
10. When I'm inspired, I get excited because I can't wait to see what I'll come up with next.
11. If you talk bad about country music, it's like saying bad things about my momma. Them's fightin' words.
12. I'm not going to limit myself just because people won't accept the fact that I can do something else.
13. My weaknesses have always been food and men - in that order.
14. Storms make trees take deeper roots.
15. People make jokes about my bosoms, why don't they look underneath the breasts at the heart? It's obvious I've got big ones and if people want to assume they're not mine, then let them.
16. You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try.
17. I modelled my looks on the town tramp.
18. I hated school. Even to this day, when I see a school bus it's just depressing to me. The poor little kids.
19. I still close my eyes and go home - I can always draw from that.
20. I think every entertainer's had nights when things go wrong. I mean you can't remember everything all the time, and especially if you're having hard times personally, things going on that you - you know, and then people make it worse. And that makes you feel worse.
21. Children have always responded to me because I have that cartoon-character look.
22. A lot of people have said I'd have probably done better in my career if I hadn't looked so cheap and gaudy. But I dress to be comfortable for me, and you shouldn't be blamed because you want to look pretty.
23. Every day I pray about all I do.
24. I can't do nothing just a little.
25. I can't tell anybody else how to run their life or their business, but I really believe I've got a good bead on myself.
26. I do remember how it was to be poor. I do remember that in my early years, we had to grow and raise all of our food, even our animals. And I remember in my early life, we didn't even have electricity. So it was very, very hard times then.
27. I feel that sin and evil are the negative part of you, and I think it's like a battery: you've got to have the negative and the positive in order to be a complete person.
28. I don't have anything to say about other people's art and their work.
29. I have a big gay and lesbian following and they've been very loyal and kind to me.
30. I have a tendency to be awfully big-hearted and it's very hard for me to say no, even when I need to.
31. I have surrounded myself with very smart people.
32. I just kind of wake up with a new idea and new dreams every day, and I follow that dream, as they say.
33. I love story songs because I've always loved books.
34. I look at myself like a show dog. I've got to keep her clipped and trimmed and in good shape.
35. I know who I am, I know what I can and can't do. I know what I will and won't do. I know what I'm capable of and I don't agree to do things that I don't think I can pull off.
36. I love to flirt, and I've never met a man I didn't like.
37. I think I became more productive through not having children. I never really had the desire to have them. My husband didn't want them either, so it worked out well.
38. I think that I know the value of a dollar.
39. I think that I'm perfect.
40. I was always a junk food person, still am.
41. I think I've got my business notions and my sense for that sort of thing from my dad. My dad never had a chance to go to school. He couldn't read and write. But he was so smart. He was just one of those people that could just make the most of anything and everything that he had to work with.
42. I write for myself things that I've gone through.
43. I was probably 7 years old when I started playing the guitar and writing some serious songs.
44. I'm a workin' girl.
45. I'm just a simple country girl.
46. I'm not a politician. And I don't want to be.
47. I'm almost like three people. There's me the, Dolly, the person. There's me, the star. And then there's me, the manager.
48. I'm gonna be making records anyway, even if I had to sell 'em out of the trunk of my car. I'm that kind of musician and singer.
49. I'm not happy all the time, and I wouldn't want to be because that would make me a shallow person. But I do try to find the good in everybody.
50. I'm not trying to be fashionable. Never was!
51. I've been around longer than most of my fans have been alive.
52. I've copyrighted 3,000 songs.
53. I've been very fortunate.
54. I've enjoyed all the parts of my career.
55. 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.
56. I've tried different things through the years to get some play on mainstream. I'll try to tailor-make it.
57. If I see something sagging, bagging or dragging I'll get it nipped, tucked or sucked.
58. If I hadn't been a woman, I'd be a drag queen for sure. I like all that flair and I'd be dressing up in them high heels and putting on the big hair. I'd be like Ru Paul.
59. My grandpa was a preacher.
60. My husband calls me "catfish." He says I'm all mouth and no brains.
61. My life has been very full.
62. My husband and I had to raise five of my younger brothers and sisters. They lived with us. We sent them to school.
63. Oh, I can spot a phoney a mile away.
64. My songs are like my children - I expect them to support me when I'm old.
65. People get a kick out of my stupidity.
66. Plastic surgeons are always making mountains out of molehills.
67. Stop this attitude that older people ain't any good anymore! We're as good as we ever were - if we ever were any good.
68. The only way I'd be caught without makeup is if my radio fell in the bathtub while I was taking a bath and electrocuted me and I was in between makeup at home. I hope my husband would slap a little lipstick on me before he took me to the morgue.
69. You know, I look like a woman but I think like a man. And in this world of business, that has helped me a lot. Because by the time they think that I don't know what's goin' on, I then got the money, and gone.
70. If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader.
71. It's hard to be a diamond in a rhinestone world.
72. Find out who you are and do it on purpose.
73. Don't get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.
74. I tried every diet in the book. I tried some that weren't in the book. I tried eating the book. It tasted better than most of the diets.
75. I always just thought if you see somebody without a smile, give'em yours!
76. People always ask me how long it takes to do my hair. I don’t know, I’m never there.
77. Smile - it increases your face value.
78. The magic is inside you. there ain't no crystal ball.
79. God is in everything I do and all my work glorifies Him.
80. When someone shows you their true colors, believe them.
81. They think I’m simpleminded because I seem to be happy. Why shouldn’t I be happy? I have everything I ever wanted and more. Maybe I am simpleminded. Maybe that’s the key: simple.
82. Wouldn't it be something if we could have things we love in abudance without their losing that special attraction the want of them held for us.
83. I would never stoop so low as to be fashionable.
84. I don't know what the big deal is about old age. Old people who shine from the inside look 10 to 20 years younger.
85. Sometimes my mouth is a little too big and a little too open and sounds too much like a sailor.
86. My daddy has a chain five miles long, on each link a heart for a lover he has lost.
87. I describe my look as a blend of mother goose, cinderella, and the local hooker!
88. I like to buy clothes that are two sizes too small and then take them in a little.
89. I have little feet because nothing grows in the shade.
90. I had to get rich so I could afford to sing like I was poor again.
91. There are plenty of charities for the homeless. Isn't it time somebody helped the homely?
92. I don't know if I'm supporting them, or they're supporting me." (On her ample bosom)
93. (on the topic of her bust size) People always ask me if they're mine. Yes, they are...all bought and paid for.
94. I'm not sixty, I'm "sexty" (commenting on her 2006 birthday milestone.)
95. I hope to die right in the middle of a song and right on the stage doing what I love to do. I hope to be about 120 when that happens. (Source: The Mountain Press)
96. Some of my dreams are so big they would scare you.
97. I'm just a singer/songwriter and entertainer and I miss people and the energy of the crowd. When I play live it's a lovefest with me and my audience. It's how I get my rocks off.
98. I was blessed to have family members who encouraged me to pursue my dreams. Whether it is your parents, or your uncles or your aunts or even the neighbor down the road, it's important that kids have someone who encourages them to chase their rainbow.
99. If there's a heaven, I hope to hell I go!
100. I figure if I keep my health, I have no intention of retiring. I love to work. I want to be like Bob Hope. I want to keep on going out and doing what I love to do. Of course, I'm no Bob Hope, but I mean that feeling that you never are old and have things to offer and can be useful to somebody. I always want to be useful, I have no intentions of retiring unless I should get sick or something should happen to my husband. Other than that I'm going to work until I fall over.
101. People don't realize that, you know, we have - "we" meaning people in show business have the same problems as everybody else. Money don't change that. Fame don't change that. Sometimes that brings on more problems. You know, it's just a - different kind of problems. As they say, money ain't everything.
102. I wake up with new dreams every day. So the more I can do to channel that into things that I love to create is healthier for me and probably for everybody around me. And the older I get, the earlier I get up. The second my feet hit the floor, I'm awake. I'm like hurry, hurry. I just love life. And I feel like we ain't got but a certain amount of time anyway. I want to make the most of all of it. (Source: Reader's Digest - January 2006)
103. There's a heart beneath the boobs and a brain beneath the wig.
104. (alluding to her famous bust) If I build another park, it will probably be in Silicon Valley.
105. I saw early on that I could make a business out of this (music business) because I wanted money, I wanted to travel, I wanted clothes, I wanted to be loved, I wanted to be staying in fine hotels. It wasn't to get away from what I was because I knew that would always be me. I've never been ashamed of my people. I love my people and I love my home.
106. I learned early on that I could get a lot of attention by singing and writing little songs, so it was like throwing nuts to a monkey...I just couldn't get enough.
107. My music is so mine, it's hard to turn it over to someone else. I have to be really involved in the production. It's like someone else taking care of your kids - if they don't treat them well, you're going to be pissed off. I'm actually co-producing (Backwoods) with my guitar player of 20 years, Kent Wells. We make a good combination… I think we're going to have a real good record.
108. He's a precious man. He's got a lot of bad press lately but I think he's out to try to save the world, not destroy it (Commenting on Cat Stevens' (Yusuf Islam's) deportation from the United States in September 2004 (Source - "The Daily Show" (1996) October 17, 2005).
109. When the new country came out ten to 15 years ago, people my age were almost too old. But it never stopped me. I never stopped writing. I never stopped recording.
110. After Momma gave birth to twelve of us kids, we put her up on a pedestal. It was mostly to keep Daddy away from her.
111. Sure I'm in it for the money, but also because I love music. I picture myself in the future as a happy old lady, chubby, rosy cheeks, telling stories to the little kids. When I sit back in my rocker, I want to have done it all. (Time Magazine, April 18, 1977)
112. I'm on a seafood diet - I see food, I eat it.
113. I'll never harden my heart, but I've toughened the muscles around it.
114. I'm not like a real person. I love being artificial. I think there's a little magic in the fact that I'm so totally real, but look so artificial at the same time.
115. To me, it's about dreaming in the day and in the night. Dreams have always helped me visualize my goals and aspirations. When I was a child, I could see me on stage singing my heart out. I could see what I was wearing and where I was going. I would visit that dream every single day and as I look back, my dreams kept me focused on what I wanted to do and the person I wanted to be.
116. I enjoy the way I look, but it's a joke.
117. I'm like a cartoon! I'll look this way when I'm eighty. I can see it now, people will be rolling me around in a wheelchair and I'll still have my big hair, nails, my high heels and my boobs stuck out!
118. I always love working with children. I never had children of my own. God has his purposes. God didn't let me have children so everybody's children could be mine. That's kind of how I'm looking at it.
119. It's when you treat people like freaks that you become one yourself.
120. I have loved performing since I was big enough to wrestle my little brothers and sisters into sitting long enough for me to sing them my latest musical masterpiece. I just hope ya'll will come out and see this little girl from the hills of Tennessee walk out there on that big ole stage and make her dreams come true, don't make me wrestle you too 'cause I will if I have to!
121. I feel blessed that I still have the little Dolly in my heart, I'm still the same girl that wants to squeeze every little drop out of life that I can.
122. I feel fortunate that I've had a lot of songs recorded by other people, because I take my songwriting very seriously. It's only those people that have followed me over the years and really know my work that know how serious I am about all of it - including the way I look. You can't take my high heels from me, you can't have my long fingernails, you can't take all this hair from me, because it's part of this thing that I've become. I wouldn't want to give any of it up. Do I have to be ugly to be a songwriter? This is the way I am, and it's what I choose to be.
123. Sometimes you see folks who have a negative view of dreamers - people who sit around all day on their hindquarters and do absolutely nothing. These folks aren't dreamers - they are just lazy. To me, dreaming is just part of being alive, inspired, and curious about the world.
124. Tammy Wynette, Loretta Lynn and myself were all in it (Country Music) about the same time. They got a little bit of a head start on me, certainly Loretta, but we were all three good friends and actually ended up doing an album together. But I think I was a little different from them. Loretta had a house full of kids and she wrote those being brought down by men songs. Hers were more about home life and all the women who had children and I totally love and respect her. Tammy could sing any number of things but she was also singing that Stand By Your Man. I was singing songs like Just Because I'm A Woman… my mistakes are no worse than yours just because I'm a woman. I think we all did our little thing. I just filled my spot.
125. I have always been a firm believer in working hard for what is right and for making your own breaks if you want things to change.
126. I never, ever get involved in politics. With politics you are not allowed to be honest. I don't have time to deal with that. I would rather work with kids.
127. I do have big tits. Always had 'em - pushed 'em up, whacked 'em around. Why not make fun of 'em? I've made a fortune with 'em. (Source: as quoted in the book "The Humour of Sex" by Robert Hale)
128. I've never been the big recording star I'd love to be some day. I've had lots of hits off and on through the years but I've never had the success of other artists - one hit after another back-to-back-to-back and big hits, where every song is going to be number one. I'm not greedy or nothing. I just want everything. Is there something wrong with that?
129. I never let a rhinestone go unturned.
130. Having a big gay following, I get hate mail and threats. Some people are blind or ignorant, and you can't be that prejudiced and hateful and go through this world and still be happy.
131. My grandfather was a Pentecostal preacher. It was a sin to even pluck your eyebrows, and they thought it was a sin for me to be there looking like Jezebel.
132. I'm in showbiz. I look at my boobs like they're show horses or show dogs. You've got to keep them groomed.
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1. I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb... and I also know that I'm not blonde.2. If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one.
3. The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.
4. You'd be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap!
5. It's a good thing I was born a girl, otherwise I'd be a drag queen.6. We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.
7. I look just like the girls next door... if you happen to live next door to an amusement park.
8. I was the first woman to burn my bra - it took the fire department four days to put it out.
9. I'm old enough and cranky enough now that if someone tried to tell me what to do, I'd tell them where to put it.10. When I'm inspired, I get excited because I can't wait to see what I'll come up with next.
11. If you talk bad about country music, it's like saying bad things about my momma. Them's fightin' words.
12. I'm not going to limit myself just because people won't accept the fact that I can do something else.
13. My weaknesses have always been food and men - in that order.14. Storms make trees take deeper roots.
15. People make jokes about my bosoms, why don't they look underneath the breasts at the heart? It's obvious I've got big ones and if people want to assume they're not mine, then let them.
16. You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try.17. I modelled my looks on the town tramp.
18. I hated school. Even to this day, when I see a school bus it's just depressing to me. The poor little kids.
19. I still close my eyes and go home - I can always draw from that.
20. I think every entertainer's had nights when things go wrong. I mean you can't remember everything all the time, and especially if you're having hard times personally, things going on that you - you know, and then people make it worse. And that makes you feel worse.
21. Children have always responded to me because I have that cartoon-character look.22. A lot of people have said I'd have probably done better in my career if I hadn't looked so cheap and gaudy. But I dress to be comfortable for me, and you shouldn't be blamed because you want to look pretty.
23. Every day I pray about all I do.24. I can't do nothing just a little.
25. I can't tell anybody else how to run their life or their business, but I really believe I've got a good bead on myself.
26. I do remember how it was to be poor. I do remember that in my early years, we had to grow and raise all of our food, even our animals. And I remember in my early life, we didn't even have electricity. So it was very, very hard times then.
27. I feel that sin and evil are the negative part of you, and I think it's like a battery: you've got to have the negative and the positive in order to be a complete person.28. I don't have anything to say about other people's art and their work.
29. I have a big gay and lesbian following and they've been very loyal and kind to me.
30. I have a tendency to be awfully big-hearted and it's very hard for me to say no, even when I need to.
31. I have surrounded myself with very smart people.32. I just kind of wake up with a new idea and new dreams every day, and I follow that dream, as they say.
33. I love story songs because I've always loved books.
34. I look at myself like a show dog. I've got to keep her clipped and trimmed and in good shape.
35. I know who I am, I know what I can and can't do. I know what I will and won't do. I know what I'm capable of and I don't agree to do things that I don't think I can pull off.36. I love to flirt, and I've never met a man I didn't like.
37. I think I became more productive through not having children. I never really had the desire to have them. My husband didn't want them either, so it worked out well.
38. I think that I know the value of a dollar.39. I think that I'm perfect.
40. I was always a junk food person, still am.
41. I think I've got my business notions and my sense for that sort of thing from my dad. My dad never had a chance to go to school. He couldn't read and write. But he was so smart. He was just one of those people that could just make the most of anything and everything that he had to work with.
42. I write for myself things that I've gone through.43. I was probably 7 years old when I started playing the guitar and writing some serious songs.
44. I'm a workin' girl.
45. I'm just a simple country girl.
46. I'm not a politician. And I don't want to be.47. I'm almost like three people. There's me the, Dolly, the person. There's me, the star. And then there's me, the manager.
48. I'm gonna be making records anyway, even if I had to sell 'em out of the trunk of my car. I'm that kind of musician and singer.
49. I'm not happy all the time, and I wouldn't want to be because that would make me a shallow person. But I do try to find the good in everybody.50. I'm not trying to be fashionable. Never was!
51. I've been around longer than most of my fans have been alive.
52. I've copyrighted 3,000 songs.
53. I've been very fortunate. 54. I've enjoyed all the parts of my career.
55. 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.
56. I've tried different things through the years to get some play on mainstream. I'll try to tailor-make it.57. If I see something sagging, bagging or dragging I'll get it nipped, tucked or sucked.
58. If I hadn't been a woman, I'd be a drag queen for sure. I like all that flair and I'd be dressing up in them high heels and putting on the big hair. I'd be like Ru Paul.
59. My grandpa was a preacher. 60. My husband calls me "catfish." He says I'm all mouth and no brains.
61. My life has been very full.
62. My husband and I had to raise five of my younger brothers and sisters. They lived with us. We sent them to school.
63. Oh, I can spot a phoney a mile away.64. My songs are like my children - I expect them to support me when I'm old.
65. People get a kick out of my stupidity.
66. Plastic surgeons are always making mountains out of molehills.
67. Stop this attitude that older people ain't any good anymore! We're as good as we ever were - if we ever were any good.
68. The only way I'd be caught without makeup is if my radio fell in the bathtub while I was taking a bath and electrocuted me and I was in between makeup at home. I hope my husband would slap a little lipstick on me before he took me to the morgue.69. You know, I look like a woman but I think like a man. And in this world of business, that has helped me a lot. Because by the time they think that I don't know what's goin' on, I then got the money, and gone.
70. If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader.71. It's hard to be a diamond in a rhinestone world.
72. Find out who you are and do it on purpose.
73. Don't get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.
74. I tried every diet in the book. I tried some that weren't in the book. I tried eating the book. It tasted better than most of the diets.75. I always just thought if you see somebody without a smile, give'em yours!
76. People always ask me how long it takes to do my hair. I don’t know, I’m never there.
77. Smile - it increases your face value.78. The magic is inside you. there ain't no crystal ball.
79. God is in everything I do and all my work glorifies Him.
80. When someone shows you their true colors, believe them.
81. They think I’m simpleminded because I seem to be happy. Why shouldn’t I be happy? I have everything I ever wanted and more. Maybe I am simpleminded. Maybe that’s the key: simple.
82. Wouldn't it be something if we could have things we love in abudance without their losing that special attraction the want of them held for us.83. I would never stoop so low as to be fashionable.
84. I don't know what the big deal is about old age. Old people who shine from the inside look 10 to 20 years younger.
85. Sometimes my mouth is a little too big and a little too open and sounds too much like a sailor.86. My daddy has a chain five miles long, on each link a heart for a lover he has lost.
87. I describe my look as a blend of mother goose, cinderella, and the local hooker!
88. I like to buy clothes that are two sizes too small and then take them in a little.89. I have little feet because nothing grows in the shade.
90. I had to get rich so I could afford to sing like I was poor again.
91. There are plenty of charities for the homeless. Isn't it time somebody helped the homely?
92. I don't know if I'm supporting them, or they're supporting me." (On her ample bosom)93. (on the topic of her bust size) People always ask me if they're mine. Yes, they are...all bought and paid for.
94. I'm not sixty, I'm "sexty" (commenting on her 2006 birthday milestone.)
95. I hope to die right in the middle of a song and right on the stage doing what I love to do. I hope to be about 120 when that happens. (Source: The Mountain Press)96. Some of my dreams are so big they would scare you.
97. I'm just a singer/songwriter and entertainer and I miss people and the energy of the crowd. When I play live it's a lovefest with me and my audience. It's how I get my rocks off.
98. I was blessed to have family members who encouraged me to pursue my dreams. Whether it is your parents, or your uncles or your aunts or even the neighbor down the road, it's important that kids have someone who encourages them to chase their rainbow.99. If there's a heaven, I hope to hell I go!
100. I figure if I keep my health, I have no intention of retiring. I love to work. I want to be like Bob Hope. I want to keep on going out and doing what I love to do. Of course, I'm no Bob Hope, but I mean that feeling that you never are old and have things to offer and can be useful to somebody. I always want to be useful, I have no intentions of retiring unless I should get sick or something should happen to my husband. Other than that I'm going to work until I fall over.
101. People don't realize that, you know, we have - "we" meaning people in show business have the same problems as everybody else. Money don't change that. Fame don't change that. Sometimes that brings on more problems. You know, it's just a - different kind of problems. As they say, money ain't everything.102. I wake up with new dreams every day. So the more I can do to channel that into things that I love to create is healthier for me and probably for everybody around me. And the older I get, the earlier I get up. The second my feet hit the floor, I'm awake. I'm like hurry, hurry. I just love life. And I feel like we ain't got but a certain amount of time anyway. I want to make the most of all of it. (Source: Reader's Digest - January 2006)
103. There's a heart beneath the boobs and a brain beneath the wig.104. (alluding to her famous bust) If I build another park, it will probably be in Silicon Valley.
105. I saw early on that I could make a business out of this (music business) because I wanted money, I wanted to travel, I wanted clothes, I wanted to be loved, I wanted to be staying in fine hotels. It wasn't to get away from what I was because I knew that would always be me. I've never been ashamed of my people. I love my people and I love my home.
106. I learned early on that I could get a lot of attention by singing and writing little songs, so it was like throwing nuts to a monkey...I just couldn't get enough.107. My music is so mine, it's hard to turn it over to someone else. I have to be really involved in the production. It's like someone else taking care of your kids - if they don't treat them well, you're going to be pissed off. I'm actually co-producing (Backwoods) with my guitar player of 20 years, Kent Wells. We make a good combination… I think we're going to have a real good record.
108. He's a precious man. He's got a lot of bad press lately but I think he's out to try to save the world, not destroy it (Commenting on Cat Stevens' (Yusuf Islam's) deportation from the United States in September 2004 (Source - "The Daily Show" (1996) October 17, 2005).109. When the new country came out ten to 15 years ago, people my age were almost too old. But it never stopped me. I never stopped writing. I never stopped recording.
110. After Momma gave birth to twelve of us kids, we put her up on a pedestal. It was mostly to keep Daddy away from her.111. Sure I'm in it for the money, but also because I love music. I picture myself in the future as a happy old lady, chubby, rosy cheeks, telling stories to the little kids. When I sit back in my rocker, I want to have done it all. (Time Magazine, April 18, 1977)
112. I'm on a seafood diet - I see food, I eat it.113. I'll never harden my heart, but I've toughened the muscles around it.
114. I'm not like a real person. I love being artificial. I think there's a little magic in the fact that I'm so totally real, but look so artificial at the same time.
115. To me, it's about dreaming in the day and in the night. Dreams have always helped me visualize my goals and aspirations. When I was a child, I could see me on stage singing my heart out. I could see what I was wearing and where I was going. I would visit that dream every single day and as I look back, my dreams kept me focused on what I wanted to do and the person I wanted to be.
116. I enjoy the way I look, but it's a joke.117. I'm like a cartoon! I'll look this way when I'm eighty. I can see it now, people will be rolling me around in a wheelchair and I'll still have my big hair, nails, my high heels and my boobs stuck out!
118. I always love working with children. I never had children of my own. God has his purposes. God didn't let me have children so everybody's children could be mine. That's kind of how I'm looking at it.
119. It's when you treat people like freaks that you become one yourself.120. I have loved performing since I was big enough to wrestle my little brothers and sisters into sitting long enough for me to sing them my latest musical masterpiece. I just hope ya'll will come out and see this little girl from the hills of Tennessee walk out there on that big ole stage and make her dreams come true, don't make me wrestle you too 'cause I will if I have to!
121. I feel blessed that I still have the little Dolly in my heart, I'm still the same girl that wants to squeeze every little drop out of life that I can.
122. I feel fortunate that I've had a lot of songs recorded by other people, because I take my songwriting very seriously. It's only those people that have followed me over the years and really know my work that know how serious I am about all of it - including the way I look. You can't take my high heels from me, you can't have my long fingernails, you can't take all this hair from me, because it's part of this thing that I've become. I wouldn't want to give any of it up. Do I have to be ugly to be a songwriter? This is the way I am, and it's what I choose to be.123. Sometimes you see folks who have a negative view of dreamers - people who sit around all day on their hindquarters and do absolutely nothing. These folks aren't dreamers - they are just lazy. To me, dreaming is just part of being alive, inspired, and curious about the world.
124. Tammy Wynette, Loretta Lynn and myself were all in it (Country Music) about the same time. They got a little bit of a head start on me, certainly Loretta, but we were all three good friends and actually ended up doing an album together. But I think I was a little different from them. Loretta had a house full of kids and she wrote those being brought down by men songs. Hers were more about home life and all the women who had children and I totally love and respect her. Tammy could sing any number of things but she was also singing that Stand By Your Man. I was singing songs like Just Because I'm A Woman… my mistakes are no worse than yours just because I'm a woman. I think we all did our little thing. I just filled my spot.125. I have always been a firm believer in working hard for what is right and for making your own breaks if you want things to change.126. I never, ever get involved in politics. With politics you are not allowed to be honest. I don't have time to deal with that. I would rather work with kids.
127. I do have big tits. Always had 'em - pushed 'em up, whacked 'em around. Why not make fun of 'em? I've made a fortune with 'em. (Source: as quoted in the book "The Humour of Sex" by Robert Hale)
128. I've never been the big recording star I'd love to be some day. I've had lots of hits off and on through the years but I've never had the success of other artists - one hit after another back-to-back-to-back and big hits, where every song is going to be number one. I'm not greedy or nothing. I just want everything. Is there something wrong with that?129. I never let a rhinestone go unturned.130. Having a big gay following, I get hate mail and threats. Some people are blind or ignorant, and you can't be that prejudiced and hateful and go through this world and still be happy.
131. My grandfather was a Pentecostal preacher. It was a sin to even pluck your eyebrows, and they thought it was a sin for me to be there looking like Jezebel.132. I'm in showbiz. I look at my boobs like they're show horses or show dogs. You've got to keep them groomed.
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