Marilyn Monroe Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I suffer from a more complex, persistent fear. It manifests itself in nerves, and on film the camera sees even the tiniest evidence of this. So you have to learn that when the director calls 'Action,' you don't go to this place of tension, but somehow you become free.
-
Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others.
-
I worked with the Neville Brothers for 40-some years on the highway, and up and down since I can remember - funk from New Orleans.
-
All my life, the naysayers have told me that I can't win because I'm a progressive... because I'm a woman... even because I'm a lesbian.
-
The majority of work I do is in independent films, where you're lucky if you have five takes.
-
By taking responsibility for how you choose to respond to anything or anyone, you're aligning yourself with the beautiful dance of life.
-
To me, there's no point in writing merely to entertain.
-
There is no other way of writing a novel than to begin at the beginning at to continue to the end.
-
Never judge a person if you don't know him.
-
The fight against international terrorism isn't just a fight against a bunch of misguided extremists; it is a fight to defend the values that we hold dear.
-
The mere fact that so many continue to rise, year after year, out of just such conditions as you may think are fatal to your advancement, ought to convince you that you also can conquer your environment.
-
We are never doing anyone any favors by withholding our gifts from the world. It's scary to be fierce, but you can't compromise that for fear of losing those around you.
-
For the first time in the history of Bihar, I provided a stable government. Despite being denied funds by the Centre, Bihar survived on its resources. I provided pucca dwellings to half a million Dalit families.
-
My whole thing is being sexy without showing too much, because that's my comfort level.
-
Having robbed children of any sense that their Father is in Heaven and that they are His creation, we then launched an experiment in raising them without earthly fathers too. Having neither a Father in heaven or a father in the home, many young men make gangs their families.
-
I just don't believe that when people are being unjustly oppressed that they should let someone else set rules for them by which they can come out from under that oppression.
-
We must come to the point where we realize the concept of race is a false one. There is only one race, the human race.
-
Public radio is alive and kicking, it always has been.
-
Why not be oneself? That is the whole secret of a successful appearance. If one is a greyhound, why try to look like a Pekingese?
-
Surely there are common-sense reforms that we should, and must, take in order to keep our children and our communities safe. I take these recommendations very seriously, and will listen to the voices of my constituents to ensure I do everything I can to help prevent gun violence.
-
Obviously, I didn't think, and nobody else did, that the Iraqis were going to take ALL of Kuwait .
-
A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public; they thought it was a joke and applauded. He repeated it; the acclaim was even greater. I think that's just how the world will come to an end: to the general applause of wits who believe it's a joke.
-
The 'public' scares me, but people I trust.
