No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they're pretty, even if they aren't.
Marilyn Monroe
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No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they'...
MARILYN MONROE All little girls should be told they are pretty, even if they aren't.
MARILYN MONROE No one ever called me pretty when I was a little girl
MARILYN MONROE The best money advice ever given me was from my father. When I was a little girl, he told me, 'Don't...
DINAH SHORE I wouldn't say no to becoming a Bond girl. Making it in Hollywood has been my dream ever since I...
LAURA HADDOCK When I was writing pretty poor poetry, this girl with midnight black hair told me to go on.
CARL SANDBURG (No one) told me, and they let me do cartwheels and stuff! That was pretty embarrassing.
JANET JACKSON I was in line at a store and there was a little girl, she was standing in line next to me and some o...
BIANCA LAWSON When I was a little girl at school, I really wanted to be Katie or Sarah or Sophie. When you're ...
VIVA BIANCA I'd kill myself if I was as fat as Marilyn Monroe.
ELIZABETH HURLEY Once upon a time they was two girls," I say. "one girl had black skin, one girl had white."
Mae...
KATHRYN STOCKETT I was never pretty enough to be the pretty girl and I was never quirky enough to be the quirky girl....
LEA MICHELE Even my mother told me: 'You are a handsome woman, but you're not pretty. Pretty girls don...
YOKO ONO I was told 'no' a lot when I first got to Nashville, but I'm pretty stubborn! That's...
DUSTIN LYNCH Eternity before I met you is nothing compared with the eternity of being without you after I have di...
PRETTY I told the girls I was looking for one run to tie it. I told them to be patient.
CONNIE WUNSCHEL [If Ryan left an indelible mark on the game, it was his] 46 ... like calling Marilyn Monroe just ano...
DOUG PLANK Mom told me, “It probably gets pretty lonely to be Grandma, don’t you think?” I told her, “I...
JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER When they stood up and I stayed where I was, he asked me if I was going to stand and I told him that...
ROSA PARKS I told the team I was going for two laps if I didn't get everything on the first one. I ran it again...
RYAN NEWMAN They were on patrol in a convoy when they were hit by what they told me was a roadside bomb. It woun...
JOE BRIXEY He was a kind of éminence grise, a political leader, in a clandestine movement. Everyone knows ther...
MICHEL HOUELLEBECQ I felt pretty good today. I was a little warm. Although it was a little cold out there, I was a litt...
IVORY LATTA My parents never recognized the things that for me were achievements. I was praised for the things t...
CAROL LEE My first job, which I had to take when not more than fifteen, was assistant to a fruit peddler. It s...
VASH YOUNG I wish somebody would have told me, 'Don't try too hard,' because when I was younger I w...
TAYLOR SPREITLER The girls were saying they were still a little tired. I told them they still have one more game. The...
KYLE ELLINGSON It's pretty exciting. When I was told last night, I was personally excited to have him here for the ...
GREGG LANGBEHN No one ever told me I should eat egg whites or drink a gallon of water each day.
DJ KHALED I was the quintessence of sweetness and innocence as an Alice in Wonderland-ish little girl, so I gu...
KIM ELIZABETH I was struggling a little bit earlier in the game, but Coach told me to see the ball because I was a...
KATIE CAMPBELL My mom told me to cover up my arms ever since I was little because I was muscular. She wanted me to ...
MARTINA NAVRATILOVA Every writing teacher I ever had except for one told me I was an awful writer, had no idea what I wa...
CATHERYNNE M. VALENTE The principal told me if I bought a house in San Pedro, the job was mine, so I bought the house. I c...
BILL SEIXAS I was told the fact I was pretty fit made a big difference. It could have been a major concussion in...
ALAN BOSTON She handed me an index card with two names on it. She pointed to Alex's name and told me he was pret...
AL BOELK Girls see these defined roles they're supposed to follow in life, but when I was a young child, ...
JOAN JETT I don't feel I really had anything to prove, ... The part was offered to me outright, so I didn't au...
JOHNNY KNOXVILLE If someone told me this morning I'd win a third goal medal I'd have said 'that would be great' becau...
MICHAEL GREIS One day this summer I was being pretty hard on the girls about their lack of intensity, and one of o...
DOUG BUTLER I was so rude when I was a little girl.
RIHANNA Jewel Harris called and said he was looking for work. I asked around and was told he offered me a pr...
AL VELEZ I can honestly say that there was no nurturing at all. I mean, we were fed. We were well clothed. Th...
MELODY STRONG If all my bridge coach ever told me was that I was 'satisfactory,' I would have no hope of e...
BILL GATES I was not so sure, but Jem told me I was being a girl, that girls always imagined things, that’s w...
HARPER LEE I was sent to ballet classes when I was a little girl. I wasn't very good, but it's that thi...
CAT DEELEY When I told my friends I was going to be a comedian, they laughed at me.
CARROT TOP When I was a younger actor, I was pretty much solely motivated by validation. I just wanted to be to...
CHRIS PINE As a kid, I was a pretty good little sprinter.
MARY LOU RETTON I do feel I'm responsible to carrying on the music. That's what I was charged with as a kid....
CARLENE CARTER I was just thinking of James Dean and Marilyn Monroe and how young they were when they died. I would...
JOHN TRAVOLTA When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to ...
JOHN LENNON When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to ...
JOHN LENNON They knew where I was going to be. The girl that was covering me knew everywhere I was going. That w...
EMERY WALLACE I was crying for the little girl I had been, who had withstood terrifying nightmares of death and bl...
CHERYL R. COWTAN When I was a kid, it was a little bit exciting working with Peter Weir and Robin Williams, but that ...
ROBERT SEAN LEONARD I'm hurt, tired, a little stiff right now, ... I wasn't scared until they carted me off and wouldn't...
ANTONIO CHATMAN If she did see, I hoped she' be amazed. Amazed and thankful, because without even asking, she'd rece...
LAUREN MYRACLE I walk fast. Keep moving. Always be a moving target. Marilyn Monroe taught me that.
LIZA MINNELLI My father died when I was 11. He was a vaudeville comedian. He worked in one movie, 'Ladies of t...
TERI GARR Marilyn was mean. Terribly mean. The meanest woman I have ever met around this town. I have never me...
BILLY WILDER By the way, Marilyn Monroe was a size 14.
ISSEY MIYAKE What I write is not for little girls.
THEOPHILE GAUTIER The first real unhappiness I remember to have felt was when some one told me, one day, that I did no...
LUCY LARCOM I pretty much do what I like. There was a little concern when I first started the show from TNT that...
LEE TERGESEN When I was, like, 5 years old, I used to pray to have light skin because I would always hear how pre...
KEKE PALMER If I tried to shout over my older brother, my mother told me keep quiet. If I tried to shout over my...
PETER WELCH When I was young, I thought I was a bird at one time. Then they told me I can't fly, so I stopped fl...
ANTHONY LICCIONE I can do anything. I can be anything. No one ever told me I couldn't. No one ever expressed this ide...
WHOOPI GOLDBERG I just told him to relax a little bit. That was it.
FREDDY ADU I asked the guys, 'What should I do?' They told me to just score. He closed the pads pretty quick, b...
MARIAN HOSSA I was 30 years old and this girl I knew found out I had never gotten high. Nobody had ever told me a...
JACK HERER Who told you I was called Carl David?" "A little bird, Monsieur." "Does it fly from me to you? Then ...
CHARLOTTE BRONTë You're a brave, brave girl, Tula" Gaby told her.
"I know", said the little girl. "I got it from...
JAMES PATTERSON When I was a little girl, I told everyone I was going to marry a very clever scientist and have ten ...
TALULAH RILEY My dream was always, when I was a little girl, to be number one and to win grand slams as the number...
CAROLINE WOZNIACKI I want to be the new Marilyn Monroe.
ANNA NICOLE SMITH I love to sing, I love to perform. Truth be told, I was probably a little diva from birth.
AMY PINNICK Amazingly all I could think of was the bride biting down on the turkey and chipping a tooth or somet...
CAROL MILLER I think the skin revolution for women, I will call it, really all started with Mariah Carey. Madonna...
LISA BEDRICK We watched film all week, and their defense wasn't as good as I thought it would be. When we were wa...
VICTOR ANDERSON I tried a little of everything when I was little. I tried karate, I tried ballet, I tried piano less...
CASSIE VENTURA My mother and father told me I was god. I was a good Italian boy who hung out with the same four guy...
CHAZZ PALMINTERI I should have told my mom. She should have known this. I didn't feel like telling people I was pregn...
AMBROSIA PRUDHOMME I was talking to my good friend Kid Rock a while ago, and he told me if I'd send him a helmet, h...
PEYTON MANNING Ever since I was really really little, I was just singing all the time. Like one of my favorite game...
KINA GRANNIS We lost a little bit of confidence I think. All year long we told them to play with confidence. Toni...
DAVE KERSCHBAUMER For 'A.D.,' when I got the script, I was really moved, because even though it told a story t...
JUAN PABLO DI PACE I was always told at school that you had to have a back-up plan, but all I ever wanted to do was act...
AARON JOHNSON You know what my father told me when I was little, one day, when he found me crying? He told me that...
IRINA BINDER A bunch of people said I was dumb, ... I was told by one pretty good coach, 'That's a very poor exam...
BOB FRALEY When my coach told me I was drafted I was really excited. It's a chance for me to keep doing what I ...
KRYSTAL LEWALLEN I am a princess. All girls are. Even if they live in tiny old attics. Even if they dress in rags, ev...
FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT I always wanted to be an actor, even when I was a little kid. When I used to run away from home, I...
LANCE HENRIKSEN when i was little struggling to talk,to walk NO ONE TOLD ME TO GIVE UP.The only thing i was doing pe...
VUSI JACOB LESO I was surprised when they told me it was 35 years. I thought it was only 32.
BILL BEAN The recruiters came and talked with us in school, and I remember it like yesterday. I wasn't interes...
STEPHEN DAU Well I always wanted to be Dolly Parton when I was a little girl. I was obsessed with her.
REESE WITHERSPOON Even when I was little, people would always ask me if I wanted to be a movie star, and I would alway...
WIL WHEATON I was real happy with our defense. We gambled a little bit more than I liked. I think our ball press...
DENNIS RUEDINGER
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MARILYN MONROE Friends accept you the way you are.
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MARILYN MONROE Fear is stupid. So are regrets.
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MARILYN MONROE Who said nights were for sleep?
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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.
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MARILYN MONROE I defy gravity.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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MARILYN MONROE (Joe) You’ve never heard such cheering,
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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...
MARILYN MONROE