Marilyn Monroe Quotes

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Marilyn Monroe

Profession : Actress

Birth : June 1, 1926

Fame will go by and, so long, I've had you, fame. If it goes by, I've always known it was fickle. So at least it's something I experience, but that's not where I live.

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I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am just a small girl in a big world trying to find someone to love.

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I don't want to make money, I just want to be wonderful.

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An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine.

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I want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made.

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Sex is a part of nature. I go along with nature.

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Experts on romance say for a happy marriage there has to be more than a passionate love. For a lasting union, they insist, there must be a genuine liking for each other. Which, in my book, is a good definition for friendship.

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I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot.

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Black men don't like to be called 'boys,' but women accept being called 'girls.'

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I have always had a talent for irritating women since I was fourteen.

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The real lover is the man who can thrill you just by touching your head or smiling into your eyes - or just by staring into space.

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Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn't that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you.

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Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him.

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Marriage destroyed my relationship with two wonderful men.

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I was honoured when they asked me to appear at the president's birthday rally in Madison Square Garden. There was like a hush over the whole place when I came on to sing 'Happy Birthday,' like if I had been wearing a slip, I would have thought it was showing or something. I thought, 'Oh, my gosh, what if no sound comes out!'

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I think I have always had a little humor.

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Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world.

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I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I'm out of control, and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.

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Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.

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We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle.

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