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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.

— Shirley Temple

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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.

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