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By the time I was 4, I knew how to hit my mark.
Shirley Temple
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Shirley Temple
Age: 85 †
Born: 1928
Born: April 23
Died: 2014
Died: February 10
Actor
Child Actor
Dancer
Diplomat
Film Actor
Film Actress
Politician
Singer
Television Actor
Santa Monica
California
Shirley Temple Black
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Make-believe colors the past with innocent distortion, and it swirls ahead of us in a thousand ways - in science, in politics, in every bold intention.
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When I was 14, I was the oldest I ever was. I've been getting younger ever since.
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I had a very close family and I couldn't get away with anything.
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I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.
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I don’t like to do negatives. There are always pluses to things.
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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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There are many of us who should be in a position to bring peace to the world.
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Be brave and clear. Follow your heart and don't be overly influenced by outside factors. Be true to yourself.
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I work a seventeen hour day, and I'm personally responsible for 108 staff members in the embassy.
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I have always told anyone who would listen that I was available for more public service.
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If you hear someone scream, you shouldn't close the drapes. You should help. You've got to try.
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I wanted to be in the FBI. I also wanted to be a pie salesman. It was so intense that the studio got the prop department to make a little pie wagon and they filled it with tarts. I wheeled it around the set and sold them to the crew. I was about eight years old. I always sold out and I didn't have to pay for them. It was a great deal.
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