Memorable Quotes from Dolly Parton
10 quotesConfronting False Accusations and Harassment
Doralee Rhodes
So! You've been tellin everybody I'm sleepin with ya, huh? Well that explains it! That's why these people treat me like some dime-store floozy. They think I'm screwin the boss! Oh, and you just love it, don't you!? It gives you some sort of cheap thrill, like knockin over pencils and pickin up papers...! Get your scummy hands offa me! Look, I've been straight with you since the first day I got here; and I've put up with all of your pinchin and starin and chasin me around the desk, because I need this job. But this is the last straw! Look, I got a gun out there in my purse. And up till now, I've been forgivin and forgettin because of the way I was brought up. But I tell you one thing: if you ever say another word about me, or make another indecent proposal, I'm gonna get that gun of mine. And I'm gonna change you from a rooster to a hen with one shot! Don't think I can't do it!!!
[TV edit: "...from a bishop to a rabbi..."]
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Work Conventions and Future Considerations
Doralee Rhodes
Oh Mr. Hart, you didn't make a mistake. You see I'll just have to remember to check, the next time I'm asked to go to work at a convention that there is a convention going on.
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Struggling with Office Dynamics and Perception
Doralee Rhodes
I'm as nice as I know how to be to every single person down at that office. Everybody treats me like a bastard at a family reunion.
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Signature Skills of Doralee Rhodes
Doralee Rhodes
Mr. Hart, I sign your name better than you do!
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Embracing Emotion: Laughter and Tears Combined
Truvy Jones
Laughter through tears is my favorite emotion.
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Embracing Change in the 80s
Truvy Jones
Oh get with it, Clairee. This is the 80s. If you can achieve puberty, you can achieve a past.
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Doralee's Accusation of Mr. Hart's Character
Doralee Rhodes
Oh, you are ROTTEN, Mr. Hart. Has anyone ever told you that?! I never thought I would live to see the say I would say this about another human being, but you are EVIL! That's right, evil to the core!!!
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Doralee's Warning About the Phone
Doralee Rhodes
Mr. Hart, if you touch that phone, I'm gonna jerk it out of the wall!
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Critique of Unfair Blame in Workplace Dynamics
Doralee Rhodes
He's got you for poisoning him, and me for roping him, and you for acting like he was first prize at a turkey shoot!
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Doralee's Frustration with Workplace Harassment
Doralee Rhodes
Well, I say we hire a couple of wranglers to go upstairs and beat the shit out of him.
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