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Shirley Temple Quotes

1928–2014 United States

Shirley Jane Temple (April 23, 1928 – February 10, 2014), later known as Shirley Temple Black, was a child actress who appeared in over 40 films from 1932; the majority being released before she reached adolescence. She became a diplomat and United States ambassador as an adult.

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Any star can be devoured by human adoration, sparkle by sparkle.

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.

Macho attitudes usually fall victim to hard work, timely humor, and an absence of resentment.

Politicians are actors too, don't you think?

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.

I have no trouble being taken seriously as a woman and a diplomat here. My only problems have been with Americans who, in the beginning, refused to believe I had grown up since my movies.

I think we all learn from the past. I just feel we shouldn't live there. We shouldn't live in the past. I live for today, and to me, the most important moment is now.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Shirley Temple (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.