"Acting is the most minor of gifts. After all, Shirley Temple could do it when she was four."

Temple, Acting, Gifts

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"Acting is the most minor of gifts. After all, Shirley Temple could do it when she was four."

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"But in Japan, there's nothing like that, since the temple is made of wood. The divine spirit inside the building is eternal, so the enclosure doesn't have to be."

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"Tower Records is like a temple to me. I'll stay there for hours. Nobody can shop for records with me. It drives them out of their minds."

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"There's an air of mystery around the Masons, but the reality is that they're mostly a bunch of veterans getting drunk in a lodge that they've built to look like a temple. It's just a bunch of guys trying to get away from their wives."

Jimmy Kimmel, American Celebrity

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"The Temple will not be completed until every living stone is there. And then what? The next thing will be that which our Masonic friends make so much of, and which we make so much of namely: the glorification of the temple."

Charles T. Russell, American Preacher

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"Haiti itself was also photographed, some of the streets, some of the mountains, rivers, streams, etc. were photographed before talking with me about how I felt about Haiti. Then the camera went to our voodoo temple and saw a serious ceremony, a real ceremony."

Katherine Dunham, American Dancer

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"Discussing how old you are is the temple of boredom."

Ruth Gordon, American Actress

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"There's been periods of broadcasts in the past where you could see all ages of entertainers, ranging from George Burns to Shirley Temple. That's not the condition now."

Merle Haggard, American Musician

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"I'm as anxious as any viewer would be to see what Temple is going to do next. All I know is that in the second half of the season, he's going to have more sexual tension developing. And it's a great cast - they're all Broadway actors except for me. I aspire to that."

Sean Patrick Thomas, American Actor

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"Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesn't interest you, don't do it - I would have made a terrible mother."

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"It's a business you go into because your an egocentric. It's a very embarrassing profession."

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"The average Hollywood film star's ambition is to be admired by an American, courted by an Italian, married to an Englishman and have a French boyfriend."

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"I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun."

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"Only the really plain people know about love - the very fascinating ones try so hard to create an impression that they soon exhaust their talents."

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"Death will be a great relief. No more interviews."

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"Acting is the most minor of gifts. After all, Shirley Temple could do it when she was four."

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