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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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" The idea of being with my peers at a real school seemed much more exciting than making movies. "

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" Good luck needs no explanation. "

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" I wish my name was Cobb. Then they would send over a Cobb salad. "

" There's nothing like real love. Nothing. "

" 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. "

" 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 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 opens doors for Shirley Temple Black. "

" Any star can be devoured by human adoration, sparkle by sparkle. "

" I remember telling President Carter on his first night, when I was escorting people around, that I was interested in continuing public service and that politics didn't matter - but it does, doesn't it? "

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

" 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. "

" I've always been bossy. "

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

" My role models were Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt, and my major crush was J. Edgar Hoover. "

" I wanted to be in the FBI. I also wanted to be a pie salesman. "

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" I've been blessed with three wonderful careers: motion pictures and television, wife, mother and grandmother... and diplomatic services for the United States government. "

" 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. "