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When I was 14, I was the oldest I ever was. I've been getting younger ever since.
Shirley Temple
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Shirley Temple
Age: 85 †
Born: 1928
Born: April 23
Died: 2014
Died: February 10
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Won't the new 'Suggested for Mature Audience' protect our youngsters from such films? I don't believe so. I know many forty-five-year old men with the mentalities of six-year-olds, and my feeling is that they should not see such pictures, either.
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I had a very close family and I couldn't get away with anything.
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Sunnybrook Farm is now a parking lot the petticoats are in the garbage can, where they belong in the modern world and I detest censorship.
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In the world of movie personalities the distance between popularity and politics is short.
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[Campaign sign when running for Congress in 1967:] Vote for me or I will hold my breath until I turn blue.
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By the time I got to the Fox studio for my first major film, I knew how to hit a mark. I knew how to memorize lines. I knew how to pay attention.
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Many people consider me an old friend.
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