American - Actress | April 23, 1928 - February 10, 2014
I wanted to be in the FBI. I also wanted to be a pie salesman.
Shirley Temple
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There's nothing like real love. Nothing.
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Long ago, I became more interested in the real world than in make-believe.
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One famous movie executive, who shall remain nameless, exposed himself to me in his office. 'Mr X,' I said, 'I thought you were a producer, not an exhibitor.'
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I loved what I did. I remember cruel mothers who would pinch their children to make them cry in a scene, but my mother encircled me with affection.
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I was absolutely bathed in love. I was so young, starting at age 3, that working seemed very normal. I thought everybody went to work.
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I had had enough pretend. I wanted to be in the real world.
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I wish my name was Cobb. Then they would send over a Cobb salad.
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I ran for Congress, just once.
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We would have to invent the U.N. if we did not have it, which is not an original thought.
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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.
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I wanted to be the first girl in my class to get married. From the seventh grade on, I used to write in my yearbook under each senior's picture, 'married' or 'engaged.' I had marriage on the brain.
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