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When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then I'm already better than them anyways.


Marilyn Monroe

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CHRIS NASR That, I have to give to them. They know what they're doing so I just let them go ahead and take care...
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BEHATI PRINSLOO I want to be the new Marilyn Monroe.
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JOE PESCI I am very happy that I have great fans. What I can tell them is they must work on themselves; they s...
MESUT OZIL Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world.
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SAM LESSEIG I think I will let them decide how they want to tackle it.
BROOKE WYATT Why should I allow them to drape it? If they want to make propaganda, let them do it somewhere else....
ZAHI HAWASS I don't care how often he comes to town, the kids want an autograph - even if they already have a bu...
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URBAN MEYER I think we should stop asking people in their twenties what they “want to do” and start asking t...
AMY POEHLER And what do they want!?
DEYTH BANGER Those who think fate is against them have already crucified themselves. They have already decided wh...
BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA First, learn how they do it and then, do it better than them
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ANDY WARHOL I do think better of womankind than to suppose they care whether Mister John Keats five feet high li...
JOHN KEATS Reasons... questions... what they have in common?

- All get finded in the hard way.
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LAZARUS SIMS I Don't Like What I Do, I Love What I Do!
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CHLOE RATTRAY I tell them 'thank you' because they don't need to thank us. I know they do it because they think it...
AMY NEWMAN I love it. I've got to be precise at it. It comes down to the coaches trusting you and knowing plays...
ANTHONY CAMPBELL If they can't see them, they can't spear them, and that is what it boils down to.
RON BRUCH What then are doing if not creating a better place together? I think, for me the key has to be, what...
ALAN ALDA In a world where people are too languid to make something of themselves out of effort, I sell them h...
E.A.A. WILSON If the ultimatum comes and they haven't decided on what they're going to do with their foreign guest...
HARON AMIN So what if people think 'The Office' is better than 'Extras'? I had to do them in some order.
RICKY GERVAIS People resist change; if they like something, then they want you to keep doing it over and over - bu...
CONOR OBERST I never take ideas from the headlines. I feel that if a story is good enough, a real story that is, ...
EVAN HUNTER Someone could be amazing at what they do, but if you don't like them, why bother hiring them?
CHIP CONLEY I think that souls agree to come in and do what they're going to do and then leave when they'...
SALLY KIRKLAND I never take ideas from the headlines. I feel that if a story is good enough, a real story that is, ...
EVAN HUNTER Show them what they want to see, tell them what they want to hear, when we strike, it will be too la...
POATE J MATAIRAVULA But what was interesting about what the Who did is that we took things which were happening in the p...
PETE TOWNSHEND Coaches ask how we do it. I say to them it all starts with the coach. If they buy into what he's tea...
CARL CHARLES If they want to arrest me, then let them. I am innocent and I am not a criminal.
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ANNA NICOLE SMITH If you want a revenge, don't hold it. It poisons you.
Either you just let the grudge go, or mak...
TOBA BETA People don't want children to know what they need to know. They want their kids to know what ...
NICK HARKAWAY The truth is I've never fooled anyone. I've let people fool themselves. They didn't bother to find o...
MARILYN MONROE Every single aspect of what we do at work comes down to people and managing people, selling to peopl...
ABHISHEK RATNA If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY It's just that I don't want to be somebody's crush. If somebody likes me, I want them to like the re...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY To find why that happen and why this is happening, you should start from the beginning the problem c...
DEYTH BANGER They want me to copy Howard [Stern]. But I refuse to regiment this show. ... I told them I would qui...
DAVID LEE ROTH If people want attention they go to all lengths to try and get it,then once they think they have don...
GARY F EVANS... I think these kids got it now. I think they have really gotten the concept on defense; the offense h...
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HARRY S TRUMAN What I want to do is make them put the ball somewhere and let my defense take care of the rest.
BRITTIN LARSEN It is what it is, it is what you make it.
JAMES DURBIN Let them be what they want to be. Make yourselves what you want to be.
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DARDEN SMITH If you're confused about what to do,
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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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