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“Don’t try to be what someone else wants you to be.” Wise words from Dolly Parton’s mother. In this video, the beloved country music icon shares how she always stayed true to herself and how she took after her mother’s teachings to be strong.
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00:00Mama just always had that way about her being who she was.
00:04I'm very much like Mama, very, you know, I'm just very verbal and just present myself however,
00:10you know, just, you just take me or leave me, like me or not.
00:14That old saying of to vine on self be true, she tried to do that with all of us.
00:18She just said, be your own self, don't try to be what somebody else wants you to be.
00:22You just listen to your heart, you listen to what God tells you to do,
00:25and listen to me as much as you will, but be yourself.
00:28And so I think that that's followed me more than anything is to be true to myself
00:33and follow my own heart.

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