Shirley Temple
Shirley Temple
Shirley Temple Blackwas an American film and television actress, singer, dancer, and public servant, most famous as Hollywood's number one box-office star from 1935 to 1938. As an adult, she entered politics and became a diplomat, as a United States Ambassador to Ghana and later to Czechoslovakia, and as Chief of Protocol of the United States...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActress
Date of Birth23 April 1928
CountryUnited States of America
people old-friends
Many people consider me an old friend.
mother careers two
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.
girl proud chance
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.
please audience performers
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.
running blue campaigns
[Campaign sign when running for Congress in 1967:] Vote for me or I will hold my breath until I turn blue.
memories past nostalgia
Visiting old haunts is hard on memory. Things shrink, change, and disappear.
ghana drs kissinger
Dr. Kissinger was surprised that I knew where Ghana was.
movie weapons firsts
Delay and indecision are first weapons in the armory of moviemakers.
real believe long-ago
Long ago, I became more interested in the real world than in make-believe.
country august hands
I was in Vienna in August 1968 for a meeting of the International Federation of Multiple Sclerosis Societies, of which I was co-founder, and we wanted a 20th country to join. They asked for a volunteer to go to Prague to get Czechoslovakia to do it, and my hand always goes up first.
trying helping scream
If you hear someone scream, you shouldn't close the drapes. You should help. You've got to try.
I don’t like to do negatives. There are always pluses to things.
public-service available
I have always told anyone who would listen that I was available for more public service.
world should position
There are many of us who should be in a position to bring peace to the world.