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Marilyn Monroe

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RICHARD WIDMARK I used to sit near Marilyn Monroe in the Actor's Studio. She'd get dressed up because that w...
DORIS ROBERTS As far as talent goes, Marilyn Monroe was so minimally gifted as to be almost unemployable, and anyo...
CLIVE JAMES And she was really good at that: even since she was a little girl, she could eliminate the hours, kn...
NICOLA LECCA Probably for every man there is at least one city that sooner or later turns into a girl. How well o...
J.D. SALINGER We got a chance to meet a girl who spent most of her life in foster care. You could sense, even thou...
DAWN DELUCA I was just thinking of James Dean and Marilyn Monroe and how young they were when they died. I would...
JOHN TRAVOLTA People who lusted after Marilyn Monroe had no idea she stuttered. It is the secret of her sexiness, ...
JAMES EARL JONES In the middle of my sophomore year, I was sent to boarding school, at the Cranbrook School for boys,...
EDMUND WHITE I was standing right behind Marilyn, completely invisible, when she sang 'Happy birthday, Mr. Pr...
MIKE NICHOLS This memory was both happy and sad: happy because it was so pleasant, and sad because it made Penelo...
MARYROSE WOOD I collect art. I just recently bought two gorgeous photographs of Marilyn Monroe by international ph...
MELANIE BROWN By the way, Marilyn Monroe was a size 14.
ISSEY MIYAKE [If Ryan left an indelible mark on the game, it was his] 46 ... like calling Marilyn Monroe just ano...
DOUG PLANK If he only knew how she refuse to let him go even when he was gone ~
TANYA GAMBHIR Yet, when we talked, when we were together, she seemed so familiar. Seemed to know who I was, where ...
JULIE ANNE PETERS You know," Marion said, "I met a woman once when I was a teenager. I knew she had gone through a lot...
ERICA BAUERMEISTER It was the toughest time in her life. At times she was sad, and at times she was happy.
JUDY DOLECKI She is so lovely she could kill you without you even noticing it. A monster girl who knows when to k...
CAMERON JACE If she did see, I hoped she' be amazed. Amazed and thankful, because without even asking, she'd rece...
LAUREN MYRACLE The girl burst out laughing; she knew she was nobody's meat.
ANGELA CARTER Lake breathed out a happy sigh as she approached the row filled with guns. "Matilda was my first, bu...
JENNIFER LYNN BARNES I'm just sad my mom couldn't be here to see this. She was excited about the building. She knew it wa...
JEF GLEN She's a smart girl and I knew she was devastated. It was unfortunate.
LARRY DIGIOVANNI Those who knew Sandy well knew just how hard she worked and how much she personally sacrificed so ot...
RANDI WEINGARTEN I asked my mother, 'Who are those people?' She said she didn't know. She was happy because the husba...
ELIZABETH NSELE Aaliyah revolutionized what it was to be a young black woman in America. She made it OK to be a nerd...
ALEXANDRA SHIPP Tina Turner is someone that I admire, because she made her strength feminine and sexy. Marilyn Monro...
BEYONCE KNOWLES A wise girl knows her limits, a smart girl knows that she has none.
MARILYN MONROE THE SOMEWHERE BUS: There was a young girl who made a great fuss to be on the bus, for she knew she h...
DIETMAR PAHL She had him sign a prenuptial agreement when she knew he was mentally incompetent. It's sad and it's...
JEFFREY FISHER She had him sign a prenuptial agreement when she knew he was mentally incompetent, ... It's sad and ...
JEFFREY FISHER She liked to imagine that when she passed, the world looked after her, but she also knew how anonymo...
ALICE SEBOLD When your mom named you, she did not know how accurate she was.
DAVE THOMPSON In the many months of his absence, she never wondered whether he was true to her or not; she knew he...
AYN RAND You knew she was ill. But even through last week, she was upbeat. She was a great coach, but more im...
SKIP BERTMAN I long for the old days of Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn, stars who had real glamour and mystiqu...
PIXIE LOTT There was a little girl
Who had a little curl
Right in the middle of her forehead;
And w...
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW I just feel a connection with Marilyn Monroe. I just love her. I just completely feel what she went ...
ANNA NICOLE SMITH I was always impressed with her intellect. She was educated. She was politically astute. That is a v...
ULYSSES HAMMOND She was this girl I once knew. Took my breath away, she was so pretty. Took my heart, if you want to...
CHRISTY HAYES When she was in the home, she wanted to know how it was doing.
BRENDA SMITH Hollywood didn't kill Marilyn Monroe, it's the Marilyn Monroes who are killing Hollywood.
BILLY WILDER Death, mademoiselle, unfortunately creates a prejudice. A prejudice in favour of the deceased. I hea...
AGATHA CHRISTIE She was perfect. I knew this the moment she emerged from my body, white and wet and wailing. Beyond ...
VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH Hollywood didn't kill Marilyn Monroe, it's the Marilyn Monroes who are killing Hollywood.
BILLY WILDER When she got onstage she was just a different kid. She was so confident and she looked so happy, and...
TINA KNOWLES Tamani?" she asked, even though she knew this was the wrong time. "How is a plant supposed to beat a...
APRILYNNE PIKE It takes a brave bunch of people to risk their own lives to go in and free a hostage, ... We didn't ...
JESSICA LYNCH My mom, she wasn't like a baseball mother who knew everything about the game. She just wanted me...
DAVID ORTIZ I'd kill myself if I was as fat as Marilyn Monroe.
ELIZABETH HURLEY We knew she was the go-to girl and coach told us where she was going to hit them. It was definitely ...
ALLYSON DOYLE She was contagious. If you were sad, she was a ball of energy.
SASHA ADAMS How could she not be happy? She was tall, thin, gorgeous and rich, rich, rich, with a husband who di...
JOAN RIVERS And when she started becoming a “young lady,” and no one was allowed to look at her because she ...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY It was a lady from Simpsonville. I never did know who she was, just that she knew someone with a tow...
AMBER KLINGLER When everything was laid out before her, she felt safe, loved even. She was always trying to be more...
VICTORIA KAHLER Directing Marilyn Monroe was like directing Lassie. You needed fourteen takes to get each one of the...
OTTO PREMINGER Her growth in maturity has been tremendous. You know when she first arrived in the fall she was like...
DEE BELL I want to be the new Marilyn Monroe.
ANNA NICOLE SMITH What hurt has been done to you, sweet girl? We shall erase it – it shall be but a memory forgotten...
COCO MINGOLELLI There was a little girl
Who had a little curl
Right in the middle of her forehead.
Wh...
KRISTEN MCKEE It was a large voice, and she was a little girl. You know, we were Mutt and Jeff onstage.
BEVERLY SILLS I took her dress over to the closet and hung it up. It was funny. It made me feel sort of sad when I...
J.D. SALINGER Even though she was working to recover, she always told me she needed to be there for Tony. She was ...
KRIS KIRKPATRICK She wasnt exactly sure when it happened. Or even when it started. All she knew for sure was that rig...
NICHOLAS SPARKS I couldn't even understand her. I wasn't sure what she was saying to us. Here is a 19-year old girl ...
JOE BURNSIDE When I was growing up watching Marilyn Monroe, I learned that you can be very beautiful, very glamor...
SALLY KIRKLAND This case is about a teacher who did something she knew was wrong and she got caught red-handed, ......
GREGORY MILLER I was concerned and when I asked Ashton if she was OK, she smiled. I knew then that she would be OK.
DEENA APPLEBURY She was not a slowpoke grownup. She was a girl who could not wait. Life was so interesting she had t...
BEVERLY CLEARY He was supposed to be the first man to tell her that she was beautiful and help her determine who sh...
ANAIS TORRES Katie was a girl. Not only was she a girl, she was terrible. And there's no other way to say it,
GARY BARNETT She did not know where she was; she was not entirely sure who she was. It is astonishing just how mu...
NEIL GAIMAN Hillary said today that she knew nothing about her brother's involvement (in Clinton's pardons). I b...
JAY LENO She was a 14-year-old girl locked in a bedroom where she was psychologically tortured and sexually d...
LAWRENCE FISHER Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world.
BETTE MIDLER Diamonds are a girl's best friend.
JULE STYNE For a moment she felt utterly dislocated. She did not know where she was; she was not entirely sure ...
NEIL GAIMAN I have never been a Marilyn Monroe wannabe. I have always been happy in my own skin!
MAMIE VAN DOREN She was watching TV reports a few weeks ago, sad reports about so many people with nowhere to go, pe...
BJ WIE It's kind of sad because she didn't know his condition when he was in her house. And he didn't know ...
LT. TUNDRA KING And the old woman who had been the prince’s nurse became nurse to the prince’s children — at l...
ANDREW LANG She was disappointed in herself for being the typical girl. She never wants to be that girl. That gi...
IESHA S. WALKER You can never get in her head and know what she was thinking when she killed her daughter and know w...
HOWARD CURTIS For me, she embodied royalty. She was the queen. ... You knew she was a force.
OPRAH WINFREY She knew. She knew how quickly things could break. You did the things you could. You tended to the w...
PATRICK ROTHFUSS Katie was a girl, and not only was she a girl, she was terrible. Okay? There is no other way to say ...
KATIE HNIDA I didn't even know she was here. I don't get nervous when she's comes, but I didn't know she was com...
ASHLEY HENDERSON She told me, 'It's just sex,' ... She flew to London to let me know how interested she was in the pa...
FERNANDO MEIRELLES She told me, 'It's just sex,' ... She flew to London to let me know how interested she was in the p...
FERNANDO MEIRELLES You wouldn't know how well she did by her actions. She is a polite, quiet girl and a very hard worke...
KIRK NAUMAN I had great pity on Ansje, because she always acted very happy, but I believed that it was really a ...
DIET EMAN We knew coming in she was obviously the player they had that we had to stop. You obviously don't exp...
CARLOS PALACIO Remember The Princess and the Pea? She could feel a single pea through dozens of mattresses, and tha...
ROSIE BLYTHE Marilyn Monroe? A vacuum with nipples
OTTO PREMINGER Light travels differently in a room that contains another person; it reflects and refracts so that e...
DAVID NICHOLLS Marilyn Monroe Productions was the first female-owned production company in Hollywood. She paved the...
MARIAH CAREY She was concerned about him. She knew he was lying about his past but she didn't know what.
DAVE SUNSHINE On the other hand, there are only so many people who really knew how she was exactly, like what did ...
MARY STUART MASTERSON

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MARILYN MONROE The truth is, I've never fooled anyone. I've let men sometimes fool themselves.
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MARILYN MONROE Sometimes I feel my whole life has been one big rejection.
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MARILYN MONROE Friends accept you the way you are.
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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.
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MARILYN MONROE We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle.
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MARILYN MONROE When I was 11, the whole world was closed to me. I just felt I was on the outside of the world.
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MARILYN MONROE I've never dropped anyone I believed in.
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MARILYN MONROE Girdles and wire stays should have never been invented. No man wants to hug a padded bird cage.
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MARILYN MONROE A sex symbol becomes a thing.... I just hate to be a thing.
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MARILYN MONROE Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.
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MARILYN MONROE I'm not interested in money. I just want to be wonderful.
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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 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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