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That's the trouble, a sex symbol becomes a thing. But if I'm going to be a symbol of something, I'd rather have it sex than some other things we've got symbols of.


Marilyn Monroe

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A sex symbol becomes a thing.... I just hate to be a thing.
MARILYN MONROE Being a sex symbol is a heavy load to carry, especially when one is very tired, hurt and bewildered.
CLARA BOW A sex symbol becomes a thing. I hate being a thing.
MARILYN MONROE I am hoping that I can be known as a great writer and actor some day, rather than a sex symbol.
STEVEN SEAGAL Being a sex symbol was rather like being a convict.
RAQUEL WELCH I hate the whole reluctant sex-symbol thing. It's such bull. You see these dudes greased up, in thei...
BEN AFFLECK I hate the whole reluctant sex-symbol thing. It's such bull. You see these dudes greased up, in ...
BEN AFFLECK I wasn't a sex symbol, I was a sex zombie.
VERONICA LAKE Being a sex symbol isn't cool unless you're in love with a girl, and she calls you a sex sym...
SHAWN MENDES I don't consider myself a sex symbol.
ENRIQUE IGLESIAS I have no sense of myself as a sex symbol at all. But the meaning of sex symbol might be a little di...
KEN WATANABE Spock was the sex symbol. A lot of people think it was Kirk. But, no, it was really Spock.
JOLENE BLALOCK I'm all for the illusion that I'm a sex symbol.
JAMES NESBITT I know I have sex appeal, but I've never felt like an actual sex symbol. Fans sometimes think I ...
TEENA MARIE I’ve never been very keen on women who hang their sex round their neck like baubles. I think it sh...
ALFRED HITCHCOCK You have to be born a sex symbol. You don't become one. If you're born with it, you'll have it even ...
SOPHIA LOREN It's not like I go out there to be a sex symbol. I mean, it's nice of course - but embarrass...
DANIEL CRAIG I think Mick Jagger would be astounded and amazed if he realized to many people he is not a sex symb...
DAVID BOWIE I don't know what it means to be a sex symbol. When I look myself on a magazine cover I don't see it...
JENNIFER ANISTON Um, I think Jesus was, ah, the first sex symbol.
MARILYN MANSON You watch yourself age and it's hard to feel like a sex symbol.
IDRIS ELBA I'm not a sex symbol. How could I be with these skinny bowlegs?
JACLYN SMITH I really enjoy playing a sex symbol, but it's not something I feel in real life. I'm much mo...
BECKI NEWTON I think Mick Jagger would be astounded and amazed if he realized that to many people he is not a sex...
DAVID BOWIE Myra Breckenridge is the antithesis of sex symbol. She's revolutionary; she's a warrior.
RAQUEL WELCH You'd be hard-pressed to find an actor who isn't a sex symbol somewhere.
JAMIE DORNAN For lack of a better term, they've labeled me a sex symbol. It's flattering and it should happen to ...
DENNIS FRANZ I'm the girl next door, not the sex symbol.
CARLA GALLO On 'Being Mary Jane,' I learned to embrace sex symbol.
OMARI HARDWICK Being a sex symbol is a heavy load to carry, especially when one is tired, hurt and bewildered.
MARILYN MONROE Being a sex symbol is a heavy load to carry, especially when one is tired, hurt and bewildered.
CLARA BOW You have to be born a sex symbol. You don't become one. If you're born with it, you'll h...
SOPHIA LOREN I was in Asia and people asked me about being considered sex symbol. I don't know if that's good or ...
BAI LING I'm not a big fan of trying to be a sex symbol or any of that stuff because I really like the mu...
SKYLAR GREY How do I know about a man's needs for a sex symbol? I'm a girl.
MARILYN MONROE I find the whole concept of women screaming at me so odd. It's very flattering, but I don't ...
ED SHEERAN I don't have a problem being labeled a sex symbol, though I personally don't feel very sexy ...
JOHN ABRAHAM I know I walk a fine line between being a respected actor and being what they call a sex symbol.
EVA MENDES I would rather have a cup of tea than sex.
BOY GEORGE If you're going to be sexy in a photo, you'd better be thinking about sex rather than about being se...
PETA WILSON I think any girl who comes to Hollywood with sex symbol or bombshell hanging over her has a rough ro...
KIM BASINGER The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have.
CRAIG GROESCHEL Being a sex symbol has to do with an attitude, not looks. Most men think it's looks, most women kno...
KATHLEEN TURNER Being a sex symbol has to do with an attitude, not looks. Most men think it's looks, most women know...
KATHLEEN TURNER Being a sex symbol has to do with an attitude, not looks. Most men think it's looks, most women kno...
KATHLEEN TURNER You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part.
HENRY JAMES I'm a hard worker, very driven, and have never expected anything to come easily. My yoga, a grea...
RAQUEL WELCH In the rough, a symbol is a sign that stands for something… Before a noise, etc., may become a sym...
ALFRED KORZYBSKI The Cinquecento was an engine of motivation at Fiat. It refurbished the image of the entire company....
LAPO ELKANN I have no illusions at all about being a sex symbol. None of my former girlfriends ever thought of m...
TOBEY MAGUIRE I don't want to be known as a sex symbol. There's a great stigma that goes with that tag. I ...
SAM ELLIOTT It is unwise to make something permanent when the whole world is shifting. There may be a time when ...
LEMONY SNICKET I was asked to be in Vogue but I said no. I didn't want to advertise make-up. I didn't want ...
FRANCESCA ANNIS A sign to me is a one-liner, a symbol is very complex and my house is a series of symbols.
CHARLES JENCKS That whole sex symbol thing I never took seriously to begin with. Thank goodness, or I'd be suff...
BO DEREK Clothes are but a symbol of something hid deep beneath.
VIRGINIA WOOLF I don't think I'll ever be comfortable being considered a sex symbol, especially after you w...
JOHN KRASINSKI Maybe one day I'll have a big hit, and the world will make a big sex symbol out of me like they ...
NINA HAGEN This isn't going to be some freaky pagan sex thing, is it?
KAMI GARCIA I am often asked how it is that I am able to value people to such a deep degree. Apparently, I exhib...
C. JOYBELL C. I feel sexy when I get out of the tub - your skin is fresh and you've put up your hair without looki...
SHANIA TWAIN The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness.
MARCUS GARVEY The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness
MARCUS GARVEY I think Secretary's funny, it is about sex, and there's a lot of sex in it, sex is the key, ...
MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL Everyone knows she's beautiful, everyone knows that she's a sex symbol and I think everyone knows sh...
CARMEN ELECTRA I wrote a novel called 'Blonde,' which is about Norma Jean Baker, who becomes Marilyn Monroe...
JOYCE CAROL OATES I dont really think its all that settled yet, ... Weve got a good group of guys, though. Im sure eve...
AARON KATZ I don't know what it means to be a sex symbol. When I look myself on a magazine cover I don'...
JENNIFER ANISTON She often wondered what the hell was wrong with men. Sex could be fun, natural, good. Why did they h...
J. COURTNEY SULLIVAN The magnificence of such objects hardly pertains to the human. They live only in a world of icons an...
ANGELA CARTER Humanity is not a word my friend. It is a symbol – a symbol of hope – a symbol of wisdom – yet...
ABHIJIT NASKAR I, the great and powerful D.S. will create a harem for all the women in the world!!!! For a woman, n...
KAZUSHI HAGIWARA I wanted to be a sex goddess. And you can laugh all you want to. The joke is on me, whether you laug...
ROBERT PATRICK She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just ...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I love my mom so much. I don't care if that's corny to say. I think on my next birthday, I'm going t...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY We Are All Infinite
STEPHEN CHBOSKY (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes...
JEAN SASSON You can't just sit there and put everyone's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You ...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I saw other people there. Old men sitting alone. Young girls with blue eye shadow and awkward jaws. ...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY That one moment when you know you are not a sad story. You are ALIVE.
STEPHAN CHBOSKY Somos quienes somos por un montón de razones.Quizás nunca conozcamos la mayoría de ellas.Pero aun...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Ambos dijeron que tomara asiento y parecían hablar en serio, así que me senté.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I know these will all be stories some day, and our pictures will become old photographs. We all beco...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybewe'll never know most of them.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY There's nothing like the deep breathes after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore st...
STHEPHEN CHBOSKY no more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks, when the teacher rings the bell, drop...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I don't know the significance of this, but I find it very interesting.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Maybe it’s sad that these are now memories. And maybe it’s not sad.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful.
EVANS G. VALENS If I wake up one day and people tell me I'm not sexy, I'm not going to stop making good musi...
LUKE BRYAN It was not going to be a graceful symbol of the past. It was going to try to restore the river.
PETE SEEGER At its best, entertainment is going to be a subjective thing that can't win for everyone, while ...
JOHN CARMACK The job of a storyteller is to speak the truth. But what we feel most deeply can’t be spoken in wo...
ALAN GARNER Therefore, sins of sex are punished in this life to a greater degree than some other sins.
WALTER LANG It's not my plan or whatever in my life to be a sex symbol. It never is. You are who you are, bu...
JESSICA BIEL Woman is not born: she is made. In the making, her humanity is destroyed. She becomes symbol of this...
ANDREA DWORKIN Rather than a big figure, I guess you could say I'm more of an influential minority symbol.
TAKASHI MURAKAMI No nude scenes. No sex-symbol parts. I want people to recognize me for my work, not just for being p...
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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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