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Dream More
by
Dolly Parton
The legendary Dolly Parton shares for the first time her deeply held philosophy of life and her heartfelt hopes for everyone.
Based on the hugely popular commencement speech Dolly Parton gave at the University of Tennessee that became a sensation, Dream More is a deeper and richer exploration of the personal philosophy she has forged over the course of her astonishing caree...more
Based on the hugely popular commencement speech Dolly Parton gave at the University of Tennessee that became a sensation, Dream More is a deeper and richer exploration of the personal philosophy she has forged over the course of her astonishing caree...more
Hardcover, 128 pages
Published
November 27th 2012
by Putnam adult
(first published November 1st 2012)
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This book is a longer version of a commencement speech she gave and so obviously it's very inspiring.
I'll be honest, I don't like country music very much...but I do love Dolly Parton. I have some songs of hers on my iPod and I think she seems like literally one of the nicest, sweetest people ever.
I have reviews and blog posts scheduled in advance and honestly, I wasn't going to read this book until early next year. But I'm writing this on Friday, December 14 and I couldn't focus on the book I wa...more
I'll be honest, I don't like country music very much...but I do love Dolly Parton. I have some songs of hers on my iPod and I think she seems like literally one of the nicest, sweetest people ever.
I have reviews and blog posts scheduled in advance and honestly, I wasn't going to read this book until early next year. But I'm writing this on Friday, December 14 and I couldn't focus on the book I wa...more
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Dream More is a positive little book with a great message. Dolly Parton is world famous for her singing, song writing, and movie career, and also for her image and body. As she states in the book, people sometimes focus on the outer aspects of Dolly Parton, and ignore her other positive inner aspects. For example, she is a very successful business woman and part owner of Dollywood. She has also started a very successful Literacy Program to help bring reading to all children. I was impressed by h...more
I feel like it's a little stupid to start this review by saying I LOVE DOLLY PARTON, because does anyone hate her? Loving Dolly Parton is as natural as the tides. Anyway, love her, but Lord almighty this book is a weird flaming hot mess. It's full of affirmations for dreaming, learning, living, and just generally being a good person and making the world a better place, but it's also a memoir focusing on her incredible work helping children with literacy skills. AND THEN IT GETS WEIRD. After the...more
I don't really know what to say about this book except that it was short and sweet and authentic. If you are looking for something that is going to feel like Dolly Parton is talking right to you, well this is it. I'm not sure how to categorize it. It comes off as a self-help memoir, I suppose.
Dolly used the four principles that guide the Dollywood Foundation and Imagination Library to compose a commencement speech for the graduating class at the University of Tennessee. The speech was very popu...more
Dolly used the four principles that guide the Dollywood Foundation and Imagination Library to compose a commencement speech for the graduating class at the University of Tennessee. The speech was very popu...more
I didn't exactly plan to listen to this, but it was in a review box and it was short. I was expecting to scoff at it, but can you really dislike Dolly Parton? The thing is, despite her self-proclaimed cartoonish presence, the woman has built an empire out of nothing. She works hard, she gets people, and that's pretty commendable even if you aren't a country music fan.
I think the best bits were about how to block draining people from your life, and why you shouldn't apologize for having lofty go...more
I think the best bits were about how to block draining people from your life, and why you shouldn't apologize for having lofty go...more
I love Dolly Parton. Her other book, Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business is a better memoir, but this is quite charming. It is basically anecdotes from her life, which are used to illustrated her pillars of success: Dream More, Learn More, Care More, Be More. If you're going to take any celebrity's life advice, it should probably be Dolly Parton. She is basically a genius, and a really good person & role model to boot.
Also, she is funny and sparkly, and she just cares so goddamn muc...more
Also, she is funny and sparkly, and she just cares so goddamn muc...more
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Read it in one sitting, which is rare for a slow reader like me. It is typical Dolly Parton: a lot of wisdom and wit. She explains her philosophy, which is basically the stuff she has been preaching about for decades, in more detail, while quoting her own songs as they tied to what she was saying. Dolly also tells many of her classic and well-known stories, so it looks familiar for her fans, but introduces her persona to readers who don't know her very well. It's funny, entertaining, inspiring a...more
A sweet bite-sized read, full of humor and wisdom. Dolly has approached this book with the same cleverness and earnestness with which she writes her song lyrics. Reading it felt like she was talking to me personally.
I have been a Dolly fan for a long time, but I had no idea about her philanthropic work--she does a lot to make this world a shinier place. Dream More represents a larger than life celebrity with a down to earth sensibility--it's Dolly all over.
I have been a Dolly fan for a long time, but I had no idea about her philanthropic work--she does a lot to make this world a shinier place. Dream More represents a larger than life celebrity with a down to earth sensibility--it's Dolly all over.
This is a good, short positive book about a women who rose from backwoods poverty to obtain personal and financial success. This is not so much a self help book but a self reflection of an amazing , but not perfect women, who dreams big. And it is that one simple aspect that she wants to pass on. Dream big, dream more and understand it takes time and energy, plus a little luck, and you may achieve what you want. An aspiring book for an afternoon read.
Dolly’s life philosophy as told in a University of Tennessee graduation speech and expanded upon in this book. Dolly reads this herself which gives her down to earth and common sense statements authenticity. Everything Dolly says I’ve heard from my own family all my life.
Learn more. Care more. Work hard. Don’t be afraid to fail.
Dolly gives examples from her own life to prove each of her points.
Learn more. Care more. Work hard. Don’t be afraid to fail.
Dolly gives examples from her own life to prove each of her points.
Cute, funny, sound advice. I love Dolly Parton, I always have. I wanted to be her when I was about 4 (guess she was in her 30s then) and I thought she was just GLA-MOR-OUS!!! Now, I'd want to be here for her sense, and the good she does for so many people and her creativity and her faith. She's a lady with a strong Christian faith and she doesn't preach about it, she just lives her beliefs all while looking, as she puts it, part Cinderella and part local hooker. I Love that!
A quick read but enjoyable. The book is an expanded version of a graduation speech at the University of Tennessee. She shares her faith freely although it is a rather shallow view of theology. She makes some good observations about respect and trust for others that may be a product of her age. Since we are the same age I felt that I could relate to what she had to say.
I love Dolly because of her wonderful attitude and her extremely generous nature (the Imagination Library is such an inspiring program!). This book is short & sweet & based on a commencement speech she gave to a graduating class at the University of Tennessee. Is it a cheesy read? Yes it most certainly is, but I ate it up. Sometimes I just need a little cheese in my life.
The more I learn about Dolly Parton the more I love and respect her. This is a delightful book that got its start following her commencement address at University of Tennessee. This is a quick read and is likely to have you reflecting on your own life and how you live it. I've already identified a couple of friends that would love the messages in this book.
this book is based on a commencement speech to graduating students and the University of Tennessee in 2009. Dolly Parton gave and is very inspiring.
very easy read and very simple ideas that really give the reader and great insite to life.
read it quickly (about 3 hours)
lots of "down-home" wisdom that pleasantly surprised me
very easy read and very simple ideas that really give the reader and great insite to life.
read it quickly (about 3 hours)
lots of "down-home" wisdom that pleasantly surprised me
A nice little book about what Dolly believes and why she believes it. This one will give you a little insight into Dolly's background and her firm faith in Christianity. Dolly is a very positive caring person. She is very inspirational and has done much throughout her life that she should be proud of.
This might be Dolly's version of Mao's Little Red Book. Dense with homespun wisdom, but light on, well, words and the other stuff that you might expect when you pay for a book. I read the Kindle version and the main body of the text was over at 78%. There where additional sayings, and an interview after that, but jeez, I just wanted a little more Dolly. Her autobiography is a better read if you want a sense of how Dolly became the fountain of pithy proverbs and quippy single-entendres she is tod...more
I've long admired Dolly Parton, her absolute genius as an entertainer and creative artist. And now I admire her as an author. What an inspiring book. This is a book I will keep by me, to read over and over to refresh the powerful positive philosophy of this remarkable woman.
I can't judge this like a regular book. It's more like a gift you would buy for your aunt who loves Dolly and Jesus and inspirational stuff. I wouldn't normally read anything like this, but I do love Dolly, and it's actually entertaining and sincere.
"...happiness is your commitment to appreciating all that is good in life, big and small. It's pretty easy to be happy when everything's going great. But life's not like that."
"So when something doesn't go my way or I stumble, I pick myself up, make sure I brush my disappointment off my rhinestones, and try not to harden my heart over it. Instead, I set about trying to strengthen my muscles around it."
"So when something doesn't go my way or I stumble, I pick myself up, make sure I brush my disappointment off my rhinestones, and try not to harden my heart over it. Instead, I set about trying to strengthen my muscles around it."
Nov 27, 2012
Leslie
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Dolly Parton shares her philosophy on life in her new book based on a commencement speech that she gave to graduating students at the University of Tennessee in 2009. Now she expands on her beliefs and urges readers to dream more, learn more, care more, and be more.
Written in a conversational style with much humor and wit, Dolly offers her words of wisdom and advice gained over a lifetime of achievement. Her biggest wish is for people to dream more and stay true to those dreams.
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Written in a conversational style with much humor and wit, Dolly offers her words of wisdom and advice gained over a lifetime of achievement. Her biggest wish is for people to dream more and stay true to those dreams.
Full review: htt...more
This is a short, inspiring book. I love Dolly Parton anyway but love that she is sharing words of wisdom in this book. I listened to this book and especially enjoyed it because Dolly does the reading herself.
A short book, based on a speech given by Dolly Parton at a university graduation ceremony, which gives the singer's philosophy of life. A quick read containing a few interesting ideas and some autobiographical detail.
Dolly is the best. This quickie read (~1 hr) is a longer version of a commencement speech she gave: inspiring, heartwarming, easily digestible, and sharply funny at times in typical "Dolly-Mama" fashion.
This is a good read, at least for a dreamer. It is more an inspirational book than a life story, but there is a lot of Dolly in the book. It is a quick read but with great points on living.
Oh, honey.
Thank you for the sweet, sweet words. "Care More" was a particularly evocative chapter.
And while I may be lookin' for a man, I'm still lookin' where everyone else is lookin'.
Thank you for the sweet, sweet words. "Care More" was a particularly evocative chapter.
And while I may be lookin' for a man, I'm still lookin' where everyone else is lookin'.
This book expands on a commencement speech Dolly Parton gave at the University of Tennessee. In it she lays out her typical Dolly Parton view on life. It's a must read for any Dolly fan.
Jan 05, 2013
Becky
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How can one not give Dolly 5 stars. My 6/13/97 commencement from OSU got cancelled so I kinda feel this address was meant for me. I'll try "not to just suck up the air." :)
Dolly is one of my all time favorites so totally expected to love this book. It did not disappoint. V short - I read in about an hour so that's why I gave 4 stars instead of 5.
This little book is really a treasure. I would encourage anyone to read it - fan or not. It is not a bio of Dolly, it is her inspirational message. It only took me about an hour to read it. She is really something.
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Dolly Rebecca Parton is a Grammy Award-winning country music singer/songwriter, author, actress and philanthropist. To date, she remains one of the most successful country artists, with 25 number-one singles (a record for a female performer) and 42 top-10 country albums (more than anyone else).
She is known for her distinctive mountain soprano, sometimes bawdy humor, flamboyant dress sense, and her...more
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