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“You spend Christmas at somebody's house, you worry about their operations, you give them hugs and kisses and flowers, you see them in their dressing gown...and then bang, that's it. Gone forever. And sooner or later there will be another mum, another Christmas, more varicose veins. They're all the same. Only the addresses, and the colors of the dressing gown, change.”
“But teaching is like climbing a mountain.”
“All paths are the same: they lead nowhere. ... Does this path have a heart? If it does, the path is good; if it doesn't, it is of no use. Both paths lead nowhere; but one has a heart, the other doesn't. One makes for a joyful journey; as long as you follow it, you are one with it. The other will make you curse your life. One makes you strong; the other weakens you.”
“Many intelligence reports in war are contradictory; even more are false, and most are uncertain.”
“I adapt to directors, I don't like making directors adapt to me. If I'm with Clint Eastwood then I'll do two takes, if I'm with Fincher I'll do 50 - though the thought of that sounds horrible.”
“Self-acceptanc e leads to success, not the other way around.”
“I have one piece of advice for you: sleep your way to the top.”

Source : "Curls and dimples: Shirley Temple, child star who made 'em smile during Depression, dies at 85", www.foxnews.com. February 11, 2014.
“The language has got to be fully alive - I can't bear dull, flaccid writing myself and I don't see why any reader should put up with it.”

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