"𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲: '𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐛𝐞 𝟖𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐥𝐝.' 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐬𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭? 𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐈'𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝟖𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬! 𝐈 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐈'𝐦 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧' 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝! 𝐈'𝐦 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐈 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧. 𝐈'𝐦 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐬𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞. 𝐈'𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐜𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐈 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧' 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐈 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭." -𝐃𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐧 🦋Wishing a very happy 80th birthday to beloved music legend, song-writer, actress, author, literacy advocate, lgbtq+ ally and international treasure Dolly Parton, born on January 19th, 1946 in a tiny one-room log cabin built on the banks of the Little Pigeon River in Pittman Center, Tennessee. Dolly's Imagination Library, founded in 1995, has given over 300,000,000 free books to children in America, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, and the Republic of Ireland, with Dolly stating: "When I was growing up in the hills of East Tennessee, I knew my dreams would come true. I know there are children in your community with their own dreams. The seeds of these dreams are often found in books, and the seeds you help plant in your community can grow across the world."🦋
Gifs of Dolly from the premiere episode of the Dolly variety series, originally broadcast by ABC on September 27th, 1987, and also from various red carpet appearances Dolly's made in recent years.
