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I read poetry to save time. ― Marilyn Monroe
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I once wanted to prove myself by being a great actress. Now I want to prove that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll be a great actress. – Marilyn Monroe
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I often wake up in the night, and I like to have something to think about. – Marilyn Monroe
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I never wanted to be Marilyn – it just happened. Marilyn's like a veil I wear over Norma Jeane. – Marilyn Monroe
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I myself would like to become more disciplined within my work. – Marilyn Monroe
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I love to do things that censors won't pass.— Marilyn Monroe
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I love a natural look in pictures. I like people with a feeling one way or another – it shows an inner life. I like to see that there's something going on inside them.— Marilyn Monroe
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I live to suceed, not to please you or anyone else. ― Marilyn Monroe
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I like to feel blonde all over. – Marilyn Monroe
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I like actors very much, but to marry one would be like marrying your brother. You look too much alike in the mirror. – Marilyn Monroe
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I learned to walk as a baby, and I haven't had a lesson since. – Marilyn Monroe
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I learned also that the best way to keep out of trouble was by never complaining or asking for anything.— Marilyn Monroe
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I know I will never be happy, but I know I can be gay! – Marilyn Monroe
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I knew I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful, but because I never had belonged to anything or anyone else.— Marilyn Monroe
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I just got to feel that whoever I marry has some real regard for me. – Marilyn Monroe
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I have too many fantasies to be a housewife. I guess I am a fantasy. – Marilyn Monroe
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I have noticed… that men usually leave married women alone and are inclined to treat all wives with respect. This is no great credit to married women. – Marilyn Monroe
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I have feelings too. I am still human. All I want is to be loved, for myself and for my talent.— Marilyn Monroe
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I have been told my eating habits are absolutely bizarre. But I don't think so. – Marilyn Monroe
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I have always had a talent for irritating women since I was fourteen. – Marilyn Monroe
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I have always felt comfortable in blue jeans. I have found it interesting, however, that people also whistle at blue jeans. I have to admit that I like mine to fit. There's nothing I hate worse than baggy blue jeans.— Marilyn Monroe
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I have always been deeply terrified to really be someone's wife since I know from life one cannot love another, ever, really.— Marilyn Monroe
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I guess I have always been deeply terrified to really be someone's wife since I know from life one cannot love another, ever, really. – Marilyn Monroe
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I finally made up my mind I wanted to be an actress and I was not going to let my lack of confidence ruin my chances.— Marilyn Monroe
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I enjoy acting when you really hit it right. And I guess I've always had too much fantasy to be only a housewife.— Marilyn Monroe
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I don't want to make money. I just want to be wonderful.— Marilyn Monroe
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I don't want everybody to see exactly where I live, what my sofa or my fireplace looks like. – Marilyn Monroe
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I don't mind making jokes, but I don't want to look like one. ― Marilyn Monroe
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I don't mind living in a man's world, as long as I can be a woman in it.— Marilyn Monroe
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I don't mind being burdened with being glamorous and sexual. Beauty and femininity are ageless and can't be contrived, and glamour, although the manufacturers won't like this, cannot be manufactured. Not real glamour; it's based on femininity. ― Marilyn Monroe
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I don't look at myself as a commodity, but I'm sure a lot of people have. – Marilyn Monroe
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I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot.— Marilyn Monroe
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I don't know if high society is different in other cities, but in Hollywood, important people can't stand to be invited someplace that isn't full of other important people. They don't mind a few unfamous people being present because they make good listeners.- Marilyn Monroe
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I don't forgive people because I'm weak, I forgive them because I am strong enough to know people make mistakes. ― Marilyn Monroe
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I don't digest things with my mind. – Marilyn Monroe
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I don't consider myself an intellectual. And this is not one of my aims. But I admire intellectual people. – Marilyn Monroe
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I did what they said and all it got me was a lot of abuse. Everyone's just laughing at me. I hate it. Big breasts, big ass, big deal.— Marilyn Monroe
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I could never pretend something I didn't feel. I could never make love if I didn't love, and if I loved I could no more hide the fact than change the color of my eyes.— Marilyn Monroe
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I believe this: You just do it. You force yourself to get up. You force yourself to put one foot before the other, and goddamn it, you refuse to let it get to you. you fight. you cry. You curse. Then you go about your business of living. That's how I've done it. There's no other way. ― Marilyn Monroe
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I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so you can learn to let go. Things go wrong so you can appreciate them when they’re right. You believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself. And sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.— Marilyn Monroe
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I am trying to prove to myself that I am a person. Then may be I'll convince myself that I'm an actress.— Marilyn Monroe
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I am trying to find myself. Sometimes that's not easy. – Marilyn Monroe
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I am not interested in money. I just want to be wonderful.— Marilyn Monroe
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I am not a victim of emotional conflicts. I am human. ― Marilyn Monroe
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I am involved in a freedom ride protesting the loss of the minority rights belonging to the few remaining earthbound stars. All we demanded was our right to twinkle.– Marilyn Monroe
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I am invariably late for appointments … sometimes, as much as two hours. I've tried to change my ways but the things that make me late are too strong, and too pleasing.— Marilyn Monroe
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I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am pretty, but not beautiful. I have friends, but I am not the peacemaker.— Marilyn Monroe
I am alone; I am always alone no matter what. – Marilyn Monroe
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I always have a full-length mirror next to the camera when I'm doing publicity stills. That way, I know how I look. – Marilyn Monroe
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Husbands are chiefly good as lovers when they are betraying their wives.— Marilyn Monroe
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How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself. ― Marilyn Monroe
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How do I know about a man's needs for a sex symbol? I'm a girl. – Marilyn Monroe
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Hollywood's a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.— Marilyn Monroe
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Having a child, that's always been my biggest fear. I want a child and I fear a child. – Marilyn Monroe
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Happiness never becomes a habit.— Marilyn Monroe
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Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world. – Marilyn Monroe
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Girls shouldn't worry about being the equal of men in the business world. – Marilyn Monroe
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Girdles and wire stays should have never been invented. No man wants to hug a padded bird cage. – Marilyn Monroe
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Friendship is the bestiest thing that comes to life . Friends will always be there for you don't worry about the fakes worry about the people who had your back from the start and never treated you wrong always remember they are your real friends don't never take them as granted because one day your going to lose a good friend by the way your action's are when you see a good friend stick to that person . ― Marilyn Monroe
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Friends accept you the way you are. – Marilyn Monroe
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For those who are poor in happiness, each time is a first time; happiness never becomes a habit. ― Marilyn Monroe
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For a long time I was scared I'd find out I was like my mother. – Marilyn Monroe
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First, I'm trying to prove to myself that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll convince myself that I'm an actress. – Marilyn Monroe
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Fear is stupid. So are regrets. – Marilyn Monroe
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Fame will go by and, so long, I've had you, fame. If it goes by, I've always known it was fickle. So at least it's something I experience, but that's not where I live.– Marilyn Monroe
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Fame is like caviar, you know – it's good to have caviar but not when you have it at every meal. – Marilyn Monroe
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Fame is fickle, and I know it. It has it's compensations but it also has it's drawbacks, and I've experienced them both.— Marilyn Monroe
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Fame doesn't fulfill you. It warms you a bit, but that warmth is temporary. – Marilyn Monroe
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Experts on romance say for a happy marriage there has to be more than a passionate love. For a lasting union, they insist, there must be a genuine liking for each other. Which, in my book, is a good definition for friendship. – Marilyn Monroe
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Everyone's just laughing at me. I hate it. Big breasts, big ass, big deal. Can't I be anything else? Gee, how long can you be sexy?— Marilyn Monroe
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Everybody is always tugging at you. They'd all like a sort of chunk out of you. I don' think they realize it, but it's like 'grrr do this, grr do that…' But you do want to stay intact and on two feet.- Marilyn Monroe
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Ever notice how ‘What the hell’ is always the right answer?— Marilyn Monroe
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Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting then being one. ― Marilyn Monroe
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Don't you know that a man being rich is like a girl being pretty? You wouldn't marry a girl just because she's pretty, but my goodness, doesn't it help? — Marilyn Monroe
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Dogs never bite me. Just humans.— Marilyn Monroe
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Designers want me to dress like Spring, in billowing things. I don't feel like Spring. I feel like a warm red Autumn. – Marilyn Monroe
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Creativity has got to start with humanity and when you're a human being, you feel, you suffer. You're gay, you're sick, you're nervous or whatever. – Marilyn Monroe
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Consider the fellow. He never spends his time telling you about his previous night's date. You get the idea he has eyes only for you and wouldn't think of looking at another woman. – Marilyn Monroe
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Confidentially, the type of male I find most enjoyable for a friend is one who has enough fire and assurance to speak up for his convictions. – Marilyn Monroe
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But chiefly, no lies! No lies about there being a Santa Claus or about the world being full of noble and honorable people all eager to help each other and do good to each other. I'll tell her there are honor and goodness in the world, the same as there are diamonds and radium. ― Marilyn Monroe
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Boys think girls are like books, If the cover doesn't catch their eye they won't bother to read what's inside.— Marilyn Monroe
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Black men don't like to be called 'boys,' but women accept being called 'girls.' – Marilyn Monroe
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Beneath the make-up and behind the smile, I’m just a girl who wishes for the world.— Marilyn Monroe
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Being a sex symbol is a heavy load to carry, especially when one is tired, hurt and bewildered.— Marilyn Monroe
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Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him.— Marilyn Monroe
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Beauty and femininity are ageless and can't be contrived, and glamour, although the manufacturers won't like this, cannot be manufactured. Not real glamour; it's based on femininity. – Marilyn Monroe
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At twelve I looked like a girl of seventeen. My body was developed and shapely. I still wore the blue dress and the blouse the orphanage provided. They made me look like an overgrown lummox. – Marilyn Monroe
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As long as I can remember, I've always loved people.— Marilyn Monroe
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As far as I can make out, women's friendships with each other are based on a gush of lies and pretty speeches that mean nothing. You'd think they were all wolves trying to seduce each other the way they flatter and flirt when they're together.— Marilyn Monroe
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Arthur Miller wouldn't have married me if I had been nothing but a dumb blonde.— Marilyn Monroe
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And sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.— Marilyn Monroe
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An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine.— Marilyn Monroe
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An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument. Isaac Stern takes good care of his violin. What if everyone jumped on his violin?— Marilyn Monroe
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An actor is not a machine, no matter how much they want to say you are. Creativity has got to start with humanity and when you're a human being, you feel, you suffer.— Marilyn Monroe
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Always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will, Sweetie? So keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling, because life's a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about. ― Marilyn Monroe
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All we demanded was our right to twinkle. ― Marilyn Monroe
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All my stepchildren carried the burden of my fame. Sometimes they would read terrible things about me, and I'd worry about whether it would hurt them. I would tell them: 'Don't hide these things from me. I'd rather you ask me these things straight out, and I'll answer all your questions.' – Marilyn Monroe
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All little girls should be told they are pretty, even if they aren't. ― Marilyn Monroe
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All a girl really wants is for one guy to prove to her that they are not all the same.― Marilyn Monroe
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Acting isn't something you do. Instead of doing it, it occurs. If you're going to start with logic, you might as well give up. You can have conscious preparation, but you have unconscious results.— Marilyn Monroe
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Acting became important. It became an art that belonged to the actor, not to the director or producer, or the man whose money had bought the studio. It was an art that transformed you into somebody else, that increased your life and mind. I had always loved acting and tried hard to learn it. But with Michael Chekhov, acting became more than a profession to me. It became a sort of religion.— Marilyn Monroe
