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I guess I was an early method actress. I would go to a quiet part of the sound stage with my mother. I wouldn't think of anything sad, I would just make my mind a blank. In a minute I could cry.
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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Nothing crushes freedom as substantially as a tank.
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Our whole way of life today is dedicated to the removal of risk. Cradle to grave we are supported, insulated, and isolated from the risks of life - and if we fail, our government stands ready with Bandaids of every size.
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Many people consider me an old friend.
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We would have to invent the U.N if we did not have it which is not an original thought.
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Long ago, I became more interested in the real world than in make-believe.
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Intentions often melt in the face of unexpected opportunity.
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One famous movie executive who shall remain nameless, exposed himself to me in his office. 'Mr X,' I said, 'I thought you were a producer not an exhibitor'.
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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 had a very close family and I couldn't get away with anything.
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I've been so blessed. If someone asked me whom I would choose to be if I could come back in another life, I would have to say Shirley Temple Black. I cannot think of a more interesting life to ask for.
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I don’t like to do negatives. There are always pluses to things.
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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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By the time I was 4, I knew how to hit my mark.
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I liked work shoes and big, working-class hands. The stars would come and go, but the crew on my movies was my extended family.
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I'm not too proud of the movies I made as a grownup except for 'That Hagen Girl', which nobody remembers but which gave me a chance to act.
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Any star can be devoured by human adoration, sparkle by sparkle.
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We salute her for a life of remarkable achievements as an actor, as a diplomat, and most importantly as our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and adored wife for fifty-five years of the late and much missed Charles Alden Black.
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