Nothing should be permanent except struggle with the dark side within ourselves. Shirley MacLaine More Quotes by Shirley MacLaine More Quotes From Shirley MacLaine I make my mistakes in public. Shirley MacLaine my-mistakesmistake We humans should never forget our capacity to connect with the collective spirit of animals. Their energy is essential to our future growth. Shirley MacLaine growthenergyanimal I look like a real bag lady when I go to Starbucks with my dog and get my chai. Shirley MacLaine bagsrealdog My mother was Canadian, so you never knew what she was thinking. Shirley MacLaine motherthinking The loss of magic is the denial of unlimited possibility. Shirley MacLaine denialmagicloss Hollywood always had a streak of the totalitarian in just about everything it did. The old moguls were essentially hard-fisted authoritarians who had created a system of linked dictatorships to control the creative people. We were supposed to be the children; mad, tempestuous, brilliant, talented, not terribly smart children. Shirley MacLaine smartchildrenpeople You can't take a crash course in serenity. Shirley MacLaine crashserenitypeace Fear is concealed in smiles and flashing teeth. 'Please say you still love me,' the kings and queens are really saying. And, when they fare badly, they return to their palaces and sleep fitfully. Shirley MacLaine queenskingsfear Being a dancer meant you nearly always thought about food. Shirley MacLaine dancerdance If I had a party to attend and didn't want to be there, I would play the part of someone who was having a lovely time. Shirley MacLaine lovelypartyplay If we can genuinely honor our mother and father we are not only at peace with ourselves but we can then give birth to our future. Shirley MacLaine mothergivingfather The more sex becomes a non-issue in people's lives, the happier they are. Shirley MacLaine issuessexpeople You let the energy go wherever it wants. I have such a rich spiritual life. Most people take drugs to experience that. Shirley MacLaine drugspiritualpeople He [Jimmy Carter] says his lust is in his heart. I hope it's a little lower. Shirley MacLaine lustheartlittles I don't do like diva trips and stuff. Shirley MacLaine stuff We cannot divorce what we are producing from what we are. We create technology out of the vision we have of ourselves. If we are blind in our conception of ourselves we will create a blind technology. Shirley MacLaine divorcevisiontechnology I think the world is in the mess it's in because we are spiritually ignorant. Shirley MacLaine ignorantworldthinking On the stage you try to act real. On the screen you try to be real. Shirley MacLaine actorsrealtrying In terms of my life, I guess I want to share whatever I've learned really, which is basically one thing: know yourself, look for yourself, know what to look for, cherish it, be honest, be authentic, even if it hurts your feelings. That's not bad. Shirley MacLaine hurtwantfeelings I would say the biggest risk I always take is going in front of a live audience. There's nothing more risky to do. You have to really leave yourself open to your own authenticity, and you find that out pretty quick. Shirley MacLaine authenticityaudiencerisk
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