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Depending upon my activities, I sleep between five and ten hours every night. I sleep in an extra-wide single bed, and I use only one heavy down comforter over me, summer or winter. I have never been able to wear pajamas or creepy nightgowns; they disturb my sleep.


Marilyn Monroe

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MARILYN MONROE (Joe) You’ve never heard such cheering,
MARILYN MONROE I used to get the feeling, and sometimes I still get it, that sometimes I was fooling somebody; I do...
MARILYN MONROE That's the trouble, a sex symbol becomes a thing. But if I'm going to be a symbol of something, I'd ...
MARILYN MONROE There are many times when a woman will ask another girl friend how she likes her new hat. She will r...
MARILYN MONROE I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control, and at times ha...
MARILYN MONROE Wise woman kisses, but doesn't love, listens, but doesn't believe, and leaves before she's left.
MARILYN MONROE Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I'm just a girl who wishes for the world.
MARILYN MONROE I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am pretty, but not beautiful. I hav...
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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