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Marilyn Monroe

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Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world.
BETTE MIDLER Diamonds are a girl's best friend.
JULE STYNE Do I have the courage of being a ruthless man to myself with the complete knowledge on my manner or ...
FEREIDOON YAZDI Have you ever noticed how ‘What the hell’ is always the right decision to make?
TERRY JOHNSON Give a girl the right shoes and she'll conquer the world.
ANONYMOUS Being a sex symbol is a heavy load to carry, especially when one is very tired, hurt and bewildered.
CLARA BOW To be, or not to be, that is the question.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Hollywood didn't kill Marilyn Monroe, it's the Marilyn Monroes who are killing Hollywood.
BILLY WILDER The quest of the Inner Ring will break your hearts unless you break it. But if you break it, a surpr...
C.S. LEWIS Your "Not To Do" list is also important.
MANI S. SIVASUBRAMANIAN To be or not to be. That's not really a question.
JEAN-LUC GODARD To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be.
GOLDA MEIR Everyone always says how I'm so smart, but they don't know what it's like being me. always feeling l...
SUSANE COLASANTI You can't pretend to be a Sharon Stone or a Marilyn Monroe. You really can't fake that.
CLAIRE BLOOM It's so important to have that independence. You know it yourself: Everyone needs evenings of th...
OLIVIA WILDE The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the m...
ANDREW TO Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt...
ANDREW TO Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank...
ANDREW TO The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ...
ANDREW TO Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate...
ANDREW TO We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ...
ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices.
ANDREW TO I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag...
ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future.
ANDREW TO I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a wea...
ANDREW TO Most powerful of all powers in its holy insinuation is _being_. _To be_ is more powerful than even _...
GEORGE MACDONALD I didn't think Marilyn Monroe was beautiful. It used to worry me. I thought maybe I'm not pu...
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS To be mad is worse than not to be if this is what it is.
JOHNNY RICH Hamlet's Cat's Soliloquy

"To go outside, and there perchance to stay
Or to re...
HENRY N. BEARD To be or not to be isn't the question. The question is how to prolong being.
TOM ROBBINS It's not as though a 17-year-old is going to know about Campbell's soup cans and Marilyn Monroe.
PETER SEALEY From Marilyn Monroe to Madonna, that says it all.
GINA BROOKE Directing Marilyn Monroe was like directing Lassie. You needed fourteen takes to get each one of the...
OTTO PREMINGER I have gone to Niagara-on-the-Lake. You know, Niagara Falls in Canada. It's this cute little qua...
NICOLE ANDERSON I want to be the new Marilyn Monroe.
ANNA NICOLE SMITH If you were to ask everyone what 'Hamlet' was about, they might say, "It's about a ...
ORLANDO BLOOM I collect art. I just recently bought two gorgeous photographs of Marilyn Monroe by international ph...
MELANIE BROWN You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a whi...
RAM KAPOOR I beat myself a little bit too much sometimes. When you beat yourself a little bit too much, there&#...
CAMILO VILLEGAS There's nobody in the world like me. I think every decade has an iconic blonde, like Marilyn Mon...
PARIS HILTON A little too much celebrating? Well, you deserve it, girlfriend. Get ready for raves. Everyone I tal...
JAKE FISHER Your ears love to hear, so speak to it
SOTONYE ANGA I think if you're everyone's cup of tea, that probably means you're a little bit boring,...
KACEY MUSGRAVES In the beginning the Universe was created.
This had made many people very angry and has been wi...
DOUGLAS ADAMS It's not easy to sit down and open yourself up and say, 'This is how much I love you,' y...
JASON ISBELL One night some short weeks ago, for the first time in her not always happy life, Marilyn Monroe'...
CLIFFORD ODETS Do you know what it's like to love and be alone?
ABRAHAM POLONSKY But what was interesting about what the Who did is that we took things which were happening in the p...
PETE TOWNSHEND I think it's okay to feel jealous, but it's how you deal with it that's the important th...
CARRIE UNDERWOOD Believe in yourself, not only in swimming, but in life itself. You always have to have fun. You have...
DEBBIE MEYER How many times do you take yourself to the brink of complete collapse? It's not a real fun place...
BRYAN CLAY A Ritual to Read to Each Other


If you don’t know the kind of person I am
and...
WILLIAM STAFFORD Be true to yourself & your feelings.They will never let you down.
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Marilyn Monroe? A vacuum with nipples
OTTO PREMINGER In my study, there are stacks of papers to grade, books I should have read & reviewed months ago...
JESS ROW I believe that as much as you take, you have to give back. It's important not to focus on yourse...
NICOLE KIDMAN People spend so much time in their cars, and it's a legal way to have fun by speeding a little b...
JORDANA BREWSTER The police pull up in back of my car and run my plates - they don't see you as you are; they see...
MARK BRADFORD When I walk into a video arcade filled with 16- or 17-year-old boys, I may as well be Marilyn Monroe...
JENNIFER COOLIDGE We're doomed to repeat the past no matter what. That's what it is to be alive. It's pretty dense kid...
KURT VONNEGUT Each day I will accomplish one thing on my to do list.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA You can't tell young people what to do. You can't tell 'em because they'll look at y...
RONNIE JAMES DIO I think, when you are writing non-fiction, you feel there's an obligation to get it absolutely r...
RONALD FRAME Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it
SARA SHEPARD Everyone talks about new love all the time, but there's so much to draw from when you've bee...
DIERKS BENTLEY Well, everything with being vegan and vegetarian is a really big commitment. You have to do what you...
LEA MICHELE When I think of Marilyn Monroe, and achieving her sound, I think of having a rather large bust. I th...
JANE HORROCKS I always thought if I could just put something in words perfectly enough, people would get the idea,...
NEIL PEART The working men, I'll go by and they'll whistle. At first they whistle because they think, &...
MARILYN MONROE Everyone has ideas. They may be too busy or lack the confidence or technical ability to carry them o...
JAMES DYSON You need a great idea, but then you've got to carry it through. If you get it right, you're ...
IAN RANKIN There are many ways to go about a story. And if you give yourself some formal constraints, it just m...
SAMANTHA HARVEY If you're confused about what to do,
it's a sign that your enemy is winning.
TOBA BETA There's a tendency, when you're directing yourself, not to give the performance as much care...
JAMES FRANCO Everyone has a past You have to know someone to understand them THINK... before you judge from the o...
TAWANA BEECHAM It's as much fun as it ever was, you know, once I get there. Gettin' there is a little harde...
MOSE ALLISON To explain all nature is too difficult a task for any one man or even for any one age. 'Tis much...
ISAAC NEWTON I used to sit near Marilyn Monroe in the Actor's Studio. She'd get dressed up because that w...
DORIS ROBERTS You're playing a game, whether it's Little League or Game 7 of the Word Series. It's imp...
DEREK JETER Hollywood didn't kill Marilyn Monroe, it's the Marilyn Monroes who are killing Hollywood.
BILLY WILDER In order to honor God with your wealth, you first have to admit that you are rich. Most people won't...
CRAIG GROESCHEL In past years, you have (chosen not to) increase the rates or not to increase them (as much as propo...
DALE TIMMERMANN Conceit is God's gift to little men.
BRUCE BARTON I know that David Tennant's Hamlet isn't till July. And lots of people are going to be doing Dr Who ...
NEIL GAIMAN How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful.
EVANS G. VALENS By the way, Marilyn Monroe was a size 14.
ISSEY MIYAKE What's the fun in approaching something closed-minded? I'm very specific; if dialogue is too...
WILL ROTHHAAR I think I don't take myself too seriously. You know as far as, it's a fun life. I take my mu...
BRUNO MARS I think it's important to keep your personal life to yourself as much as you can. It protects yo...
DIANNA AGRON They bring instant recognition to a campaign. Whether it's a print or a television one, when you sho...
MARK ROESLER I wrote a novel called 'Blonde,' which is about Norma Jean Baker, who becomes Marilyn Monroe...
JOYCE CAROL OATES We both know... that soon everything is going to end...

...
This chat will be in the...
DEYTH BANGER I think we've all been kind of... everyone's been hurt, everyone's felt loss, everyone h...
MARK RUFFALO I'm kind of fixated with old Hollywood, like Marilyn Monroe.
EDY GANEM Eventually I came across another passage. This is what it said:
I am not commanding you, but I ...
NICHOLAS SPARKS To kill a mockingbird. If you haven't read it, I think you should because it is very interesting.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I will never forget the vision of Jamie walking towards me.
NICHOLAS SPARKS As these images were going through my head, my breathing suddenly went still. I looked at Jamie, the...
NICHOLAS SPARKS You don't have to learn much out of books, it's like if you want to learn about cows, you go milk on...
HARPER LEE You can't really get to know a person until you get in their shoes and walk around in them.
HARPER LEE

More Marilyn Monroe

Sex is a part of nature. I go along with nature.
MARILYN MONROE Fame will go by and, so long, I've had you, fame. If it goes by, I've always known it was fi...
MARILYN MONROE Fame is fickle, and I know it. It has its compensations but it also has its drawbacks, and I've ...
MARILYN MONROE Depending upon my activities, I sleep between five and ten hours every night. I sleep in an extra-wi...
MARILYN MONROE A smart girl leaves before she is left.
MARILYN MONROE How do I know about a man's needs for a sex symbol? I'm a girl.
MARILYN MONROE First, I'm trying to prove to myself that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll convince myself ...
MARILYN MONROE An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument.
MARILYN MONROE To put it bluntly, I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation. But I'm working on ...
MARILYN MONROE A woman can bring a new love to each man she loves, providing there are not too many.
MARILYN MONROE I'm looking forward to becoming a marvelous - excuse the word marvelous - character actress. lik...
MARILYN MONROE There was my name up in lights. I said, 'God, somebody's made a mistake.' But there it w...
MARILYN MONROE I have feelings too. I am still human. All I want is to be loved, for myself and for my talent.
MARILYN MONROE A woman can't be alone. She needs a man. A man and a woman support and strengthen each other. Sh...
MARILYN MONROE Sometimes I think it would be easier to avoid old age, to die young, but then you'd never comple...
MARILYN MONROE Sometimes I've been to a party where no one spoke to me for a whole evening. The men, frightened...
MARILYN MONROE I've been on a calendar, but I've never been on time.
MARILYN MONROE I learned to walk as a baby, and I haven't had a lesson since.
MARILYN MONROE I think one of the basic reasons men make good friends is that they can make up their minds quickly.
MARILYN MONROE The trouble with censors is that they worry if a girl has cleavage. They ought to worry if she hasn&...
MARILYN MONROE I always have a full-length mirror next to the camera when I'm doing publicity stills. That way,...
MARILYN MONROE I have too many fantasies to be a housewife. I guess I am a fantasy.
MARILYN MONROE It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feel...
MARILYN MONROE Men who think that a woman's past love affairs lessen her love for them are usually stupid and w...
MARILYN MONROE The truth is, I've never fooled anyone. I've let men sometimes fool themselves.
MARILYN MONROE Respect is one of life's greatest treasures. I mean, what does it all add up to if you don't...
MARILYN MONROE What do I wear in bed? Why, Chanel No. 5, of course.
MARILYN MONROE It is wonderful to have someone praise you, to be desired.
MARILYN MONROE Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him t...
MARILYN MONROE I know I will never be happy, but I know I can be gay!
MARILYN MONROE Sometimes I feel my whole life has been one big rejection.
MARILYN MONROE I have always had a talent for irritating women since I was fourteen.
MARILYN MONROE Friends accept you the way you are.
MARILYN MONROE I think that sexuality is only attractive when it's natural and spontaneous.
MARILYN MONROE Next to my husband, and along with Marlon Brando, I think that Yves Montand is the most attractive m...
MARILYN MONROE We should all start to live before we get too old.
MARILYN MONROE The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream.
MARILYN MONROE I am trying to find myself. Sometimes that's not easy.
MARILYN MONROE We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle.
MARILYN MONROE If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything.
MARILYN MONROE Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absol...
MARILYN MONROE I don't digest things with my mind.
MARILYN MONROE It's not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on.
MARILYN MONROE I like to feel blonde all over.
MARILYN MONROE The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.
MARILYN MONROE A career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night.
MARILYN MONROE When I was 11, the whole world was closed to me. I just felt I was on the outside of the world.
MARILYN MONROE A career is born in public - talent in privacy.
MARILYN MONROE I'm very definitely a woman and I enjoy it.
MARILYN MONROE Millions of people live their entire lives without finding themselves. But it is something I must do...
MARILYN MONROE I've never dropped anyone I believed in.
MARILYN MONROE If I'd observed all the rules, I'd never have got anywhere.
MARILYN MONROE All my stepchildren carried the burden of my fame. Sometimes they would read terrible things about m...
MARILYN MONROE It's all make believe, isn't it?
MARILYN MONROE My dinners at home are startlingly simple. Every night, I stop at the market near my hotel and pick ...
MARILYN MONROE You know, most people really don't know me.
MARILYN MONROE I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot.
MARILYN MONROE One of the best things that ever happened to me is that I'm a woman. That is the way all females...
MARILYN MONROE I don't mind making jokes, but I don't want to look like one.
MARILYN MONROE I have been told my eating habits are absolutely bizarre. But I don't think so.
MARILYN MONROE Of course, it does depend on the people, but sometimes I'm invited places to kind of brighten up...
MARILYN MONROE Girdles and wire stays should have never been invented. No man wants to hug a padded bird cage.
MARILYN MONROE Girls shouldn't worry about being the equal of men in the business world.
MARILYN MONROE I don't want to make money. I just want to be wonderful.
MARILYN MONROE The working men, I'll go by and they'll whistle. At first they whistle because they think, &...
MARILYN MONROE I remember when I was in high school I didn't have a new dress for each special occasion. The gi...
MARILYN MONROE Men are so willing to respect anything that bores them.
MARILYN MONROE Gee, I never thought I had an effect on people until I was in Korea.
MARILYN MONROE Fame is fickle and I know it. It has its compensations, but it also has its drawbacks and I've exper...
MARILYN MONROE To put it bluntly, I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation. But I'm working on the ...
MARILYN MONROE No one ever called me pretty when I was a little girl
MARILYN MONROE It's not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on.
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 In Hollywood a girl's virtue is much less important than her hairdo. You're judged by how you look, ...
MARILYN MONROE Dogs never bite me. Just humans.
MARILYN MONROE It's not true that I had nothing on. I had the radio on.
MARILYN MONROE I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, thing...
MARILYN MONROE Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world.
MARILYN MONROE If you're gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty.
MARILYN MONROE A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left.
MARILYN MONROE The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or j...
MARILYN MONROE I have too many fantasies to be a housewife.... I guess I am a fantasy.
MARILYN MONROE A career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night
MARILYN MONROE We are all born sexual creatures,thank God, but it's a pity so many people despise and crush this na...
MARILYN MONROE All little girls should be told they are pretty, even if they aren't.
MARILYN MONROE I don't mind being burdened with being glamorous and sexual. Beauty and femininity are ageless and c...
MARILYN MONROE Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your so...
MARILYN MONROE It’s better for the whole world to know you, even as a sex star, than never to be known at all.
MARILYN MONROE This life is what you make it. No matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal t...
MARILYN MONROE I've never fooled anyone. I've let people fool themselves. They didn't bother to find out who and wh...
MARILYN MONROE Your clothes should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to show you're a lady
MARILYN MONROE It's far better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone — so far.
MARILYN MONROE When you have a good friend that really cares for you and tries to stick in there with you, you trea...
MARILYN MONROE I used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night — there must be thousands of girls sitting ...
MARILYN MONROE Just because you fail once doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything.
MARILYN MONROE Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting then being one.
MARILYN MONROE Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutel...
MARILYN MONROE If you can make a woman laugh, you can make her do anything.
MARILYN MONROE I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control, and at times har...
MARILYN MONROE The trouble with censors is that they worry if a girl has a cleavage; they ought to worry if she has...
MARILYN MONROE Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius, and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolute...
MARILYN MONROE Fame will go by and, so long, I've had you, fame. If it goes by, I've always known it was fickle. So...
MARILYN MONROE A place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.
MARILYN MONROE Husbands are chiefly good lovers when they are betraying their wives.
MARILYN MONROE I've been on a calendar, but I've never been on time.
MARILYN MONROE I have been on a calendar, but never on time.
MARILYN MONROE Unfortunately, I am involved in a freedom ride protesting the loss of the minority rights belonging ...
MARILYN MONROE The trouble with censors is that they worry if a girl has cleavage. They ought to worry if she hasn'...
MARILYN MONROE A sex symbol becomes a thing.... I just hate to be a thing.
MARILYN MONROE A career is born in public, talent in privacy.
MARILYN MONROE A career is born in public -- talent in privacy.
MARILYN MONROE I used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night, "There must be thousands of girls sitting al...
MARILYN MONROE It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling pass...
MARILYN MONROE Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.
MARILYN MONROE Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your so...
MARILYN MONROE Some of my foster families used to send me to the movies to get me out of the house and there I'...
MARILYN MONROE Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn't that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy...
MARILYN MONROE When I was five I think, that's when I started wanting to be an actress.
MARILYN MONROE Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for you...
MARILYN MONROE I used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night, 'There must be thousands of girls sittin...
MARILYN MONROE Experts on romance say for a happy marriage there has to be more than a passionate love. For a lasti...
MARILYN MONROE Dogs never bite me - just humans.
MARILYN MONROE Fame doesn't fulfill you. It warms you a bit, but that warmth is temporary.
MARILYN MONROE Sometimes, wearing a scarf and a polo coat and no makeup and with a certain attitude of walking, I g...
MARILYN MONROE Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world.
MARILYN MONROE I was honoured when they asked me to appear at the president's birthday rally in Madison Square ...
MARILYN MONROE The real lover is the man who can thrill you just by touching your head or smiling into your eyes - ...
MARILYN MONROE Beauty and femininity are ageless and can't be contrived, and glamour, although the manufacturer...
MARILYN MONROE I am involved in a freedom ride protesting the loss of the minority rights belonging to the few rema...
MARILYN MONROE I restore myself when I'm alone.
MARILYN MONROE It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone - so far.
MARILYN MONROE A strong man doesn't have to be dominant toward a woman. He doesn't match his strength again...
MARILYN MONROE A woman knows by intuition, or instinct, what is best for herself.
MARILYN MONROE Designers want me to dress like Spring, in billowing things. I don't feel like Spring. I feel li...
MARILYN MONROE Fame is like caviar, you know - it's good to have caviar but not when you have it at every meal.
MARILYN MONROE I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I'm out of control, and at t...
MARILYN MONROE Fear is stupid. So are regrets.
MARILYN MONROE No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they'...
MARILYN MONROE I think that when you are famous every weakness is exaggerated.
MARILYN MONROE When Clark Gable died, I cried for 2 days straight. I couldn't eat or sleep.
MARILYN MONROE Boys think girls are like books, If the cover doesn't catch their eye they won't bother to read what...
MARILYN MONROE I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot!
MARILYN MONROE There is a need for aloneness, which I don't think most people realise for an actor. It's al...
MARILYN MONROE A smart girl leaves before she is left
MARILYN MONROE Who said nights were for sleep?
MARILYN MONROE Confidentially, the type of male I find most enjoyable for a friend is one who has enough fire and a...
MARILYN MONROE I was brought up differently than the average American child because the average child is brought up...
MARILYN MONROE I want to be an artist, not... a celluloid aphrodisiac.
MARILYN MONROE What I really want to say: That what the world really needs is a real feeling of kinship. Everybody:...
MARILYN MONROE I am invariably late for appointments - sometimes as much as two hours. I've tried to change my ...
MARILYN MONROE Arthur Miller wouldn't have married me if I had been nothing but a dumb blonde.
MARILYN MONROE Husbands are chiefly good as lovers when they are betraying their wives.
MARILYN MONROE Being a sex symbol is a heavy load to carry, especially when one is tired, hurt and bewildered.
MARILYN MONROE I knew I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful, but ...
MARILYN MONROE Some people have been unkind. If I say I want to grow as an actress, they look at my figure. If I sa...
MARILYN MONROE No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they're p...
MARILYN MONROE Goethe said, 'Talent is developed in privacy, ' you know?And it's really true. There is a need for a...
MARILYN MONROE Consider the fellow. He never spends his time telling you about his previous night's date. You g...
MARILYN MONROE I've found men are less likely to let petty things annoy them.
MARILYN MONROE I wish I knew why I am so anguished.
MARILYN MONROE I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am just a small girl in a big world...
MARILYN MONROE A sex symbol becomes a thing. I hate being a thing.
MARILYN MONROE I defy gravity.
MARILYN MONROE A wise girl knows her limits, a smart girl knows that she has none.
MARILYN MONROE I'll think I have a few wonderful friends and all of a sudden, ooh, here it comes. They do a lot...
MARILYN MONROE Isn't there any other part of the matzo you can eat?
MARILYN MONROE Ever notice that what the hell is always the right decision?
MARILYN MONROE I've been on a calendar, but never on time.
MARILYN MONROE I'm not interested in money. I just want to be wonderful.
MARILYN MONROE I don't mind living in a man's world as long as i can be a woman in it.
MARILYN MONROE I'm going to be a great movie star some day.
MARILYN MONROE Imperfection is beauty. Madness is genius and it is better to be absolutely ridiculous then absolutl...
MARILYN MONROE I learned to walk as a baby and I haven't had a lesson since.
MARILYN MONROE ...If you can make a girl laugh - you can make her do anything...
MARILYN MONROE If your man is a sports enthusiast, you may have to resign yourself to his spouting off in a monoton...
MARILYN MONROE I don't want everybody to see exactly where I live, what my sofa or my fireplace looks like.
MARILYN MONROE Naturally, there are times when every woman likes to be flattered... to feel she is the most importa...
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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