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" Studio chief Winfield Sheehan wanted me to remain a little girl. If I lost my innocence, he said, it would show in my eyes. "
Shirley Temple
Eyes
Said
Me
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" I had had enough pretend. I wanted to be in the real world. "
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Real
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Pretend
" We would have to invent the U.N. if we did not have it, which is not an original thought. "
Shirley Temple
Would
Which
Thought
" 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. "
Shirley Temple
Jail
Song
Him
" Men say, 'I've loved you since I was 7 years old,' and I say, 'Well, you never contacted me.' And very often women say, 'Do youuuuuu know what I have?' and I want to say, 'Yessssssss, I do.' Because inevitably the answer is, 'An original Shirley Temple doll.' "
Shirley Temple
Know
Loved
Men
" The U.N. acts as the world's conscience, and over eighty-five percent of the work that is done by the United Nations is in the social, economic, educational and cultural fields. "
Shirley Temple
Conscience
Over
Done
" Shirley Temple opens doors for Shirley Temple Black. "
Shirley Temple
Opens
Shirley
Temple
" If I had it to do all over again, I wouldn't change anything. I probably would have paid for the pleasure of working. "
Shirley Temple
Again
Working
Over
" I've been blessed with three wonderful careers: motion pictures and television, wife, mother and grandmother... and diplomatic services for the United States government. "
Shirley Temple
Three
Blessed
Government
" I've always been bossy. "
Shirley Temple
Been
Always
Bossy
" There are many of us who should be in a position to bring peace to the world. "
Shirley Temple
World
Us
Who
" 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. "
Shirley Temple
Children
Loved
Me
" 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
Audience
Performer
Politics
" 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. "
Shirley Temple
Know
Person
Child
" At the end of the Depression, people were perhaps looking for something to cheer themselves up. They fell in love with a dog and a little girl. It won't happen again. "
Shirley Temple
Dog
Depression
Love
" I have always told anyone who would listen that I was available for more public service. "
Shirley Temple
Always
Service
Listen
" I have one piece of advice for those of you who want to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award: Start early! "
Shirley Temple
Achievement
Start
Award
" When I asked my mother why crowds shouted my name and said 'We love you,' she would dust it off by saying, 'Your work makes them happy.' She never let it go to my head. "
Shirley Temple
Love
Work
Happy
" Dr. Kissinger was a former child. Jerry Ford was a former child. Even F.D.R. was a former child. I retired from the movies in 1949, and I'm still a former child. "
Shirley Temple
Even
Former
Ford
" 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
Movies
Nobody
Proud
" I wish my name was Cobb. Then they would send over a Cobb salad. "
Shirley Temple
Over
Salad
I Wish
" I've led three lives: the acting part, wife and mother - which is a career - and international relations. I'm proud of my career, the first one, and I'm proud of the other two, too. "
Shirley Temple
Career
Wife
Two
" Shirley Temple doesn't hurt Shirley Temple Black. Shirley Temple helps Shirley Temple Black. She is thought of as a friend - which I am! "
Shirley Temple
I Am
Friend
Hurt
" The idea of being with my peers at a real school seemed much more exciting than making movies. "
Shirley Temple
More
Real
School
" Any star can be devoured by human adoration, sparkle by sparkle. "
Shirley Temple
Sparkle
Human
Adoration
" Biographies of me have usually been compiled from old newspaper clips, untruthful publicity stories, and reminiscences of people who claim to have known me well. "
Shirley Temple
Me
Stories
Newspaper
" Long ago, I became more interested in the real world than in make-believe. "
Shirley Temple
World
More
Real
" 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
Film
Attention
Time
" When I was 14, I was the oldest I ever was. I've been getting younger ever since. "
Shirley Temple
Oldest
Getting
Been
" Good luck needs no explanation. "
Shirley Temple
Good
Explanation
Good Luck
" I class myself with Rin Tin Tin. People in the Depression wanted something to cheer them up, and they fell in love with a dog and a little girl. "
Shirley Temple
Myself
Depression
Dog