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The best form of government is that which is most likely to prevent the greatest sum of evil.


James Monroe

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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 Bluegrass has brought more people together and made more friends than any music in the world. You me...
BILL 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.
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