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We would have to invent the U.N. if we did not have it, which is not an original thought.

Dr. Kissinger was surprised that I knew where Ghana was.

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.

Intentions often melt in the face of unexpected opportunity.

Good luck needs no explanation.

By the time I was 4, I knew how to hit my mark.

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 opens doors for Shirley Temple Black.

I have one piece of advice for those of you who want to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award: Start early!

Delay and indecision are first weapons in the armory of moviemakers.

If you hear someone scream, you shouldn't close the drapes. You should help. You've got to try.

Movies mirror the times, they do not create them.

Many people consider me an old friend.

Most of the people in Ghana wouldn't know me as an actress. They'd know me for my work at the U.N.

I ran for Congress, just once.

[Campaign sign when running for Congress in 1967:] Vote for me or I will hold my breath until I turn blue.

I work a seventeen hour day, and I'm personally responsible for 108 staff members in the embassy.

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.

Don't forget to tell your favorite people that you love them.

Long ago, I became more interested in the real world than in make-believe.

I've always been bossy.

Time is money. Wasted time means wasted money means trouble.

There's nothing like real love. Nothing.

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.

Some people liked Rudolph Valentino. I liked Rin Tin Tin.

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.

Visiting old haunts is hard on memory. Things shrink, change, and disappear.

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?

Be brave and clear. Follow your heart and don't be overly influenced by outside factors. Be true to yourself.

I had a very close family and I couldn't get away with anything.

When I was 14, I was the oldest I ever was. I've been getting younger ever since.

I have always told anyone who would listen that I was available for more public service.

There are many of us who should be in a position to bring peace to the world.

Nothing crushes freedom as substantially as a tank.

I don't like to do negatives. There are always pluses to things.

In the world of movie personalities the distance between popularity and politics is short.