Shirley Temple Quotes
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Shirley Temple Quotes & Sayings
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We would have to invent the U.N. if we did not have it, which is not an original thought.
— Shirley Temple
Dr. Kissinger was surprised that I knew where Ghana was.
— Shirley Temple
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.
— Shirley Temple
Intentions often melt in the face of unexpected opportunity.
— Shirley Temple
Good luck needs no explanation.
— Shirley Temple
By the time I was 4, I knew how to hit my mark.
— Shirley Temple
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.
— Shirley Temple
Shirley Temple opens doors for Shirley Temple Black.
— Shirley Temple
I have one piece of advice for those of you who want to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award: Start early!
— Shirley Temple
Delay and indecision are first weapons in the armory of moviemakers.
— Shirley Temple
If you hear someone scream, you shouldn't close the drapes. You should help. You've got to try.
— Shirley Temple
Movies mirror the times, they do not create them.
— Shirley Temple
Many people consider me an old friend.
— Shirley Temple
Another thing I recall was falling in love with Shirley Temple when I was nine or ten.
— Clint Walker
Most of the people in Ghana wouldn't know me as an actress. They'd know me for my work at the U.N.
— Shirley Temple
I ran for Congress, just once.
— Shirley Temple
[Campaign sign when running for Congress in 1967:] Vote for me or I will hold my breath until I turn blue.
— Shirley Temple
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.
— Shirley Temple
I work a seventeen hour day, and I'm personally responsible for 108 staff members in the embassy.
— Shirley Temple
Some people liked Rudolph Valentino. I liked Rin Tin Tin.
— Shirley Temple
Drinking Shirley Temple with my Mary Janes on,
let's say that every possibility waits — Lyn Hejinian
let's say that every possibility waits — Lyn Hejinian
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.
— Shirley Temple
I've always been bossy.
— Shirley Temple
Don't forget to tell your favorite people that you love them.
— Shirley Temple
When you're a performer, you have to please a large audience. And when you're in politics, you have to please a large audience, too.
— Shirley Temple
I have always told anyone who would listen that I was available for more public service.
— Shirley Temple
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.
— Shirley Temple Black
I don't like to do negatives. There are always pluses to things.
— Shirley Temple
Time is money. Wasted time means wasted money means trouble.
— Shirley Temple
Any star can be devoured by human adoration, sparkle by sparkle.
— Shirley Temple Black
There's nothing like real love. Nothing.
— Shirley Temple
My Chicken can do a special trick! "And what is that?" She can lay an egg! "And what's so special about THAT?!" Well, Can YOU lay an egg?
— Shirley Temple
Be brave and clear. Follow your heart and don't be overly influenced by outside factors. Be true to yourself.
— Shirley Temple
I had a very close family and I couldn't get away with anything.
— Shirley Temple
Nothing crushes freedom as substantially as a tank.
— Shirley Temple
Acting is the most minor of gifts. After all, Shirley Temple could do it when she was four.
— Katharine Hepburn
You've got to S-M-I-L-E
To be H-A-Double-P-Y — Shirley Temple Black
To be H-A-Double-P-Y — Shirley Temple Black
Cute kid. Dimples, curls, he's like a male Shirley Temple.
— Jessica Martinez
Acting is the most minor of gifts and not a very high-class way to earn a living. After all, Shirley Temple could do it at the age of four.
— Katharine Hepburn
In the world of movie personalities the distance between popularity and politics is short.
— Shirley Temple