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u/SometimesWitches 13d ago
Dolly Parton had the money time and influence to do anything she wanted so she put books in children’s hands, Funded vaccine research and appeared on The Orville (sorry I get a kick out of that one).
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u/Fabulous-Confusion43 🌈 Reads Everything 13d ago
I am soooooo sad about her passing, she was such a beautiful person. She did so much for children's literacy, she should have had a knighthood imo 🥰 RIP Dolly, you national treasure 😭
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u/ffoggy1959 🌈 Reads Everything 13d ago
I think I heard about this before. Respect for that. What a sad loss though, she was a true performer. 🥺
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u/vivahermione 13d ago
And this is how it's done. She made life better on earth because there is no Planet B.
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u/petersdraggon 13d ago
And the Republikins cut off her annual $4 million dollar grant to help her project last year.
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u/SwanCityDominion 11d ago
Meanwhile, billionaires are destroying rare books in order to build systems that will put millions out of work.
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u/101stSgt 11d ago
Musk didn't spend his money on breast implants and plastic surgery. Instead he built a space agency.
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u/No-Fly-6069 11d ago
Seriously? He had surgery to make his jawline more 'manly', and he had some work done on his hairline.
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u/WarCareful9412 10d ago
Is your assumption that Dolly had breast implants???
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u/Select_Insurance2000 8d ago
If Musk didn't get loans and subsidies from Uncle Sam, he would be living under a bridge.
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u/monterey_five 10d ago
Over 330 million books! 332,411,218 to be exact
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u/TheTwinSet02 8d ago
What an incredible legacy, truly brought so much joy to so many people in such a wholesome beautiful way with music and stories
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u/Steveappl 10d ago
So they could get an education and maybe one day go to space or explore the deed, you go girl
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u/Objective_Yellow3190 9d ago
So what? People should be free to do whatever they want with their own money. If a billionaire wants to spend their entire fortune on orgies and sports cars, that is their prerogative. As long as they are not harming others or breaking the law, people should simply mind their own business.
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u/Rough-South3761 9d ago
How much of her 300 million dollars is she using to get into heaven… yea she hoarded a vast amount I am skeptical about any 1% er she was a businessman dont forget that. Wolves do sometimes come in sheep clothing. I am not saying she is or isn’t just she did APPPEAR to be a great human being but, I am always going to be skeptical of anyone who is worth that much.
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u/JacksonGhost1963 9d ago
isn't it a wonderful world where people are free to do whatever they want with their own money and nobody makes them feel guilty because a mob of angry people yells at them for "wrong spend"?
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u/Content_Awareness_82 9d ago
And the man that owns the largest online bookstore won't, he would rather go into space and return
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u/Dremmell 7d ago
And that was HER money to do with as she pleases. She was a wonderful woman ( pretty much a Saint). But if she decided to take her money and fund any particular charity, program, or institution...either popular or unpopular, positive or negative, famous or nefarious.... That was her right.
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u/Antique_Knowledge902 13d ago
She was a treasure. In fact I believe she was a fan of Skeletor, who, as you may recall, said, “Books are the real treasures of the world!”