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I've always been bossy.
I ran for Congress, just once.
Good luck needs no explanation.
Many people consider me an old friend.
There's nothing like real love. Nothing.
There’s nothing like real love. Nothing.
You've got to S-M-I-L-E To be H-A-Double-P-Y
By the time I was 4, I knew how to hit my mark.
Movies mirror the times, they do not create them.
Nothing crushes freedom as substantially as a tank.
Shirley Temple opens doors for Shirley Temple Black.
Dr. Kissinger was surprised that I knew where Ghana was.
Some people liked Rudolph Valentino. I liked Rin Tin Tin.
I had had enough pretend. I wanted to be in the real world.
Intentions often melt in the face of unexpected opportunity.
Time is money. Wasted time means wasted money means trouble.
Don't forget to tell your favorite people that you love them.
I wanted to be in the FBI. I also wanted to be a pie salesman.
I had a very close family and I couldn't get away with anything.
Any star can be devoured by human adoration, sparkle by sparkle.
I don’t like to do negatives. There are always pluses to things.
I wish my name was Cobb. Then they would send over a Cobb salad.
Delay and indecision are first weapons in the armory of moviemakers.
Long ago, I became more interested in the real world than in make-believe.
Visiting old haunts is hard on memory. Things shrink, change, and disappear.
There are many of us who should be in a position to bring peace to the world.
When I was 14, I was the oldest I ever was. I've been getting younger ever since.
We would have to invent the U.N if we did not have it which is not an original thought.
I have always told anyone who would listen that I was available for more public service.
We would have to invent the U.N. if we did not have it, which is not an original thought.
In the world of movie personalities the distance between popularity and politics is short.
The idea of being with my peers at a real school seemed much more exciting than making movies.
If you hear someone scream, you shouldn't close the drapes. You should help. You've got to try.
I work a seventeen hour day, and I'm personally responsible for 108 staff members in the embassy.
My role models were Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt, and my major crush was J. Edgar Hoover.
Most of the people in Ghana wouldn't know me as an actress. They'd know me for my work at the U.N.
[Campaign sign when running for Congress in 1967:] Vote for me or I will hold my breath until I turn blue.
I have one piece of advice for those of you who want to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award: Start early!
Be brave and clear. Follow your heart and don't be overly influenced by outside factors. Be true to yourself.
If I had it to do all over again, I wouldn't change anything. I probably would have paid for the pleasure of working.
I hate that song 'Mr. Bojangles.' It drives me up the wall, since it's not about him at all. He was never a bum in jail.
Studio chief Winfield Sheehan wanted me to remain a little girl. If I lost my innocence, he said, it would show in my eyes.
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.
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.
When I saw work shoes, I would know that that person worked. I was very worried about people with shiny, pointed shoes as a child.
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 doesn't hurt Shirley Temple Black. Shirley Temple helps Shirley Temple Black. She is thought of as a friend - which I am!
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?
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.
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.