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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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MARILYN MONROE I'm just not the glamour type. Glamour girls are born, not made. And the real ones can be glamor...
TERESA WRIGHT Marilyn Monroe wasn't even her real name, Charles Manson isn't his real name, and now, I'...
MARILYN MANSON Hollywood didn't kill Marilyn Monroe, it's the Marilyn Monroes who are killing Hollywood.
BILLY WILDER I'm very sensitive about the fact that there's not a lot of good work for women in cinema th...
DENIS VILLENEUVE You can't pretend to be a Sharon Stone or a Marilyn Monroe. You really can't fake that.
CLAIRE BLOOM What good is it being Marilyn Monroe? Why can't I just be an ordinary woman?
MARILYN MONROE Glamour invites us to live in a different world. It has to simultaneously be mysterious, a little bi...
VIRGINIA POSTREL Well, softness and femininity like yours people don't expect of me; so when they find me emotion...
FAYE DUNAWAY I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES I love fashion, beauty, glamour. It's the mark of civilisation.
DAVID LACHAPELLE It's not like I'm this glamour diva who hands everything over and I just sit on my throne at...
HEIDI KLUM Well, I don't find glamour and clothing relevant.
TEA LEONI You can't try to be somebody you're not; that's not style. If someone says, 'Buy thi...
IRIS APFEL I long for the old days of Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn, stars who had real glamour and mystiqu...
PIXIE LOTT This idea that being youthful is the only thing that's beautiful or attractive simply isn't ...
SHARON STONE I think we won't be able to understand the operations of trans-phobia, homophobia, if we don'...
JUDITH BUTLER If there's a woman who is exhibiting her femininity or performing her femininity, it's alway...
JILL SOLOWAY I don't think tennis is a glamour game, not at all.
MAHESH BHUPATHI I didn't think Marilyn Monroe was beautiful. It used to worry me. I thought maybe I'm not pu...
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS You can tell if there's magic in something. When you start it, you want to finish it and you wan...
HALSEY I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ...
MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX Glamour is fun! Spending time to get ready isn't about being fussy; it's about taking care o...
BECKI NEWTON I don't need many things. I don't need glamour and attention to be happy. I'm very happy...
MARIA SHARAPOVA I don't believe that a female character needs to surrender her femininity in order to be an acti...
COLIN TREVORROW Generally, variations in earnings aren't nearly as impactful on glamour growth stocks as are cha...
KENNETH FISHER The word 'success' - who's defining it? It's about whether or not it makes me feel g...
GRACE SLICK Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill
JUDE WATSON Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill
ROLAND SMITH Glamour is a beautiful illusion - the word 'glamour' originally meant a literal magic spell ...
VIRGINIA POSTREL I'm just not the glamour type. Glamour girls are born, not made. And the real ones can be glamorous ...
TERESA WRIGHT It's not about how much movement you do, how much interaction there is, it just reeks of credibi...
FRED DURST I'm not afraid of my femininity and I'm not afraid of my sexuality.
GOLDIE HAWN Sometimes I get to put on posh frocks and be Madam Glamour, the vendor of my wares. My lovely friend...
EMMA THOMPSON I collect art. I just recently bought two gorgeous photographs of Marilyn Monroe by international ph...
MELANIE BROWN I wasn't a glamour-puss, and there were more interesting roles for an actress like me in the the...
NANCY MARCHAND I don't mind the sparkle - I think it's kind of a tradition in skating. I don't think th...
KRISTI YAMAGUCHI Sometimes when we think about femininity, we think also fragile. But I think you can be feminine and...
MONICA BELLUCCI 'The Matrix' is a movie that is all about glamour. I could do a whole talk on 'The Matri...
VIRGINIA POSTREL It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill
JUDE WATSON I've used my femininity and my sexuality as a weapon and a tool... but that's just natural.
DOLLY PARTON You can be an absolute woman and also be smart and tough and not lose your femininity.
PRIYANKA CHOPRA I would never want to disrespect my beliefs. There are certain, obviously different, areas you would...
RIAAD MOOSA You can't knock on opportunity's door and not be ready.
BRUNO MARS We can't take climate change and put it on the back burner. If we don't address climate chan...
CONRAD ANKER I've got no interest in football. My brother's a footballer, too, and I was dragged to the f...
ABBEY CLANCY Part of me has always wanted to be like Marilyn Monroe or any Fifties Hollywood starlet. On screen, ...
KATHERINE RYAN I used to sit near Marilyn Monroe in the Actor's Studio. She'd get dressed up because that w...
DORIS ROBERTS I don't have time to write a mom blog, but I'm not against it. I think it's great when w...
KELLY CUTRONE I think glamour all the time. I wake up in the morning and I'm already thinking glamour.
DONATELLA VERSACE The woman who thinks she can choose femininity, can toy with it like the social drinker toys with wi...
RACHEL CUSK You don't have to be fearless to do anything; you can be scared out of your mind. I fear that I ...
ESPERANZA SPALDING It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill
JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea.
JUDE WATSON Man, I'm 6 foot 8. I'm gonna be typecast. It's not like I'm gonna be the romantic le...
TYLER MANE American life is based on a reassurance that we like one another but won't violate one another&#...
KARAN MAHAJAN I'm not supposed to be able to speak clearly, and decipher what's going on in the media. I&#...
CARL LEWIS I really can't describe what my stand-up is like - people see it and they say it's like that...
DYLAN MORAN Femininity in and of itself - and the feminine - can be not only privileged, but honored or worshipp...
JILL SOLOWAY Glamour is what I sell, it's my stock in trade.
MARLENE DIETRICH Professionalism is not sportsmanship. If you don't succeed, you won't be in your profession ...
CHILI DAVIS Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the ...
SHEL SILVERSTEIN I can't believe Tina Turner actually was on the same stage. I can't believe I set foot on th...
BRANDY NORWOOD The Republic is one and can't be divided: That's the Constitution! It means the Republic can...
MARINE LE PEN I love movies like '500 Days of Summer' and 'Juno.' Something offbeat without the gl...
LUCY HALE It's such a private thing. It's a huge decision. It's not like you wake up one day and s...
CANDIS CAYNE I think as humans we do want to control our relationships, and you can't. It's probably bett...
CAROLINE PAUL For me, masculinity is about control, and femininity is more of an embrace, the art of listening. It...
DENIS VILLENEUVE I believe in glamour. I am in favor of a little vanity. I don't rely on just my genes.
IMAN I do think anger is so difficult for women. Girls think it undermines their femininity; it's not...
KOREN ZAILCKAS You can't be funny for funny's sake. You try to get as outrageous situation as you can but i...
HANK AZARIA The working men, I'll go by and they'll whistle. At first they whistle because they think, &...
MARILYN MONROE If workers are more insecure, that's very 'healthy' for the society, because if workers ...
NOAM CHOMSKY You can be the most beautiful person on Earth, and if you don't have a fitness or diet routine, ...
MARTHA STEWART We'll have to marshal our forces in Washington. It won't be easy. That doesn't mean it c...
ZEV YAROSLAVSKY I'm still a big 'Grey's Anatomy' fan.
BROOKE ELLIOTT I used to watch 'Grey's Anatomy' pretty religiously.
ERINN HAYES I'm kind of fixated with old Hollywood, like Marilyn Monroe.
EDY GANEM It's true I always like to mix femininity and something a bit masculine. It's the reason I l...
CARINE ROITFELD This music won't do. There's not enough sarcasm in it.
SAMUEL GOLDWYN Beatrice loves her glamorous dresses and her hair being curly or big - like Mummy's - and I hate...
PRINCESS EUGENIE OF YORK Marriage happens; it can't be planned. When it has to happen, it will happen. Normally, what we ...
RANI MUKERJI I would never advise anyone to stay in the closet to further their careers - I'm sure it leads t...
BEN DANIELS If explicit metadata is a real problem, it raises problems that just can't be solved. It's n...
DAVID WEINBERGER I'm very simple. I'm not for the flashes, I'm not for glitz and glamour, you know.
KEVIN GARNETT About f-f-ace!" she said to the horse, flailing with her boots. "Into the barn, please. It's time fo...
PETER LERANGIS You see?" Damien leaned over his desk and spread out half a dozen charcoal sketches. "These are only...
RICK RIORDAN No person is perfect. I haven't, thank God, had any infidelity issues. But you can't say wha...
TASHA SMITH The truth is I love being alive. And I love feeling free. So if I can't have those things then I...
ANGELINA JOLIE And you realise you're doing a public service in making people happy - as a musician you can giv...
BILLY OCEAN There's nobody in the world like me. I think every decade has an iconic blonde, like Marilyn Mon...
PARIS HILTON I find a lot of feminist reading quite confusing and that often there's a set of rules, and peop...
LORDE A sure sign of a soul-based workplace is excitement, enthusiasm, real passion; not manufactured pass...
DAVID WHYTE I like that I'm in shape but still look like a woman. I don't feel like I've had to give...
MIESHA TATE It's not that I don't want to be famous. It's just that I don't feel like the burden...
BILLY CRUDUP I won't make shorthand films, because I don't want to manipulate audiences into assuming qui...
JOHN CASSAVETES They've tried to manufacture other Marilyn Monroes and they will undoubtedly keep trying. But it...
BILLY WILDER Depression is something that doesn't just go away. It's just... there and you deal with it. ...
ADAM ANT Marilyn Monroe and Vivienne Leigh are real icons of mine. In terms of visual culture, they are both ...
LILY COLE I wrote a novel called 'Blonde,' which is about Norma Jean Baker, who becomes Marilyn Monroe...
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MARILYN MONROE It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone - so far.
MARILYN MONROE I have evolved my own exercises, for the muscles I wish to keep firm, and I know they are right for ...
MARILYN MONROE I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot
MARILYN MONROE I don't know if high society is different in other cities, but in Hollywood, important people ca...
MARILYN MONROE An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument. Isaac Stern takes good care of his violin. What i...
MARILYN MONROE We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupid. So are regrets.
MARILYN MONROE I've often stood silent at a party for hours listening to my movie idols turn into dull and litt...
MARILYN MONROE The only person I know who is in worse shape than I am (on Montgomery Clift).
MARILYN MONROE She was a girl who knew how to be happy even when she was sad. And that’s important—you know
MARILYN MONROE I don't mind living in a man's world, as long as I can be a woman in it.
MARILYN MONROE When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I...
MARILYN MONROE All a girl really wants is for one guy to prove to her that they are not all the same.
MARILYN MONROE What good is it being Marilyn Monroe? Why can't I just be an ordinary woman?
MARILYN MONROE I never wanted to be Marilyn - it just happened. Marilyn's like a veil I wear over Norma Jeane.
MARILYN MONROE I like actors very much, but to marry one would be like marrying your brother. You look too much ali...
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