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Shirley Temple Black

  • Our whole way of life today is dedicated to the removal of risk. Cradle to grave we are supported, insulated, and isolated from the risks of life — and if we fall, our government stands ready with bandaids of every size ...

    • Shirley Temple Black,
    • in Rodney G. Minott, The Sinking of the Lollipop ()
  • If you hear someone scream, you shouldn't close the drapes. You should help. You've got to try.

    • Shirley Temple Black,
    • in Joseph N. Bell, "Shirley Temple: Her Movies, Her Life," Good Housekeeping ()
  • ... any star can be devoured by human adoration, sparkle by sparkle.

  • Make-believe colors the past with innocent distortion, and it swirls ahead of us in a thousand ways — in science, in politics, in every bold intention. It is part of our collective lives, entwining our past and our future ... a particularly rewarding aspect of life itself.

    • Shirley Temple Black
  • Good luck needs no explanation.

  • Intentions often melt in the face of unexpected opportunity.

  • I stopped believing in Santa Claus when my mother took me to see him in a department store, and he asked for my autograph.

    • Shirley Temple Black,
    • in Lester David and Irene David, The Shirley Temple Story ()
  • Visiting old haunts is hard on memory. Things shrink, change, and disappear.

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

  • [Sign for 1967 congressional campaign:] Vote for me or I will hold my breath until I turn blue.

    • Shirley Temple Black,
    • in Robert Berliner, letter to Los Angeles Times ()

Shirley Temple Black, U.S. actor, singer, dancer, ambassador

(1928 - 2014)