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> [Films and life are like clay, waiting for us to mold it. And when you trust your own insides and that becomes achievement, it's a kind of principle that seems to me is at work with everyone. God bless that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-maclaine/films-and-life-are-like-clay-waiting-for-us-to-mold-it-and-when-you/)

[Shirley MacLaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-maclaine/)

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## More by Shirley MacLaine

> [I believe in UFOs, I believe in extraterrestrials, and I believe in angels. And maybe they'll protect all of us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-maclaine/i-believe-in-ufos-i-believe-in-extraterrestrials-and-i-believe-in/)

[Shirley MacLaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-maclaine/)

> [I'm too direct and too unsparingly impatient.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-maclaine/i-m-too-direct-and-too-unsparingly-impatient/)

[Shirley MacLaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-maclaine/)

> [The uninvestigated life is not worth living. I don't want to live that way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-maclaine/the-uninvestigated-life-is-not-worth-living-i-don-t-want-to-live-that/)

[Shirley MacLaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-maclaine/)

> [There's no journey worth taking except the journey through one's self. That's the most important journey you take. I found that out as I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-maclaine/there-s-no-journey-worth-taking-except-the-journey-through-one-s-self/)

[Shirley MacLaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-maclaine/)

> [... when things get rough, a breakthrough is just on the other side of the pain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-maclaine/when-things-get-rough-a-breakthrough-is-just-on-the-other-side-of-the/)

[Shirley MacLaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-maclaine/)

> [I had a video made of my recent knee operation. The doctor said it was the best movie I ever starred in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-maclaine/i-had-a-video-made-of-my-recent-knee-operation-the-doctor-said-it-was/)

[Shirley MacLaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-maclaine/)

> [Fear is concealed in smiles and flashing teeth. 'Please say you still love me,' the kings and queens are really saying. And, when they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-maclaine/fear-is-concealed-in-smiles-and-flashing-teeth-please-say-you-still/)

[Shirley MacLaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-maclaine/)

> [Some people think I look like a sweet potato, I consider myself a spud with a heart of gold.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-maclaine/some-people-think-i-look-like-a-sweet-potato-i-consider-myself-a-spud/)

[Shirley MacLaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-maclaine/)

> [Crystals are amplifying minerals. You have a crystal in a radio - it amplifies the sound waves. You have a crystal in a television…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-maclaine/crystals-are-amplifying-minerals-you-have-a-crystal-in-a-radio-it/)

[Shirley MacLaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-maclaine/)

> [“It's useless to hold a person to anything he says wile he's in love, drunk, or running for office.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-maclaine/it-s-useless-to-hold-a-person-to-anything-he-says-wile-he-s-in-love/)

[Shirley MacLaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-maclaine/)

> [I'd like to introduce someone who has just come into my life. I've admired him for 35 years. He's someone who represents integrity, honesty,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-maclaine/i-d-like-to-introduce-someone-who-has-just-come-into-my-life-i-ve/)

[Shirley MacLaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-maclaine/)

> [The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-maclaine/the-more-i-traveled-the-more-i-realized-that-fear-makes-strangers-of/)

[Shirley MacLaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-maclaine/)

> [If we can genuinely honor our mother and father we are not only at peace with ourselves but we can then give birth to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-maclaine/if-we-can-genuinely-honor-our-mother-and-father-we-are-not-only-at/)

[Shirley MacLaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-maclaine/)

> [I do miss the stage. There's nothing like it, nothing. When I did my one-woman show and played the Palace and played the Gershwin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-maclaine/i-do-miss-the-stage-there-s-nothing-like-it-nothing-when-i-did-my-one/)

[Shirley MacLaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-maclaine/)

> [If anything interferes with my inner peace, I will walk away. Arguments with family members. All that stuff. None of it matters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-maclaine/if-anything-interferes-with-my-inner-peace-i-will-walk-away-arguments/)

[Shirley MacLaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-maclaine/)

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