Marilyn Monroe Quotes
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The only power you have is the word no.
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The problem is that no ethical system has ever achieved consensus. Ethical systems are completely unlike mathematics or science. This is a source of concern.
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I could not write about 'ordinary people' because I am not in the least interested in them.
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When you look at the results that Newt Gingrich got when he was speaker, he got results for the American people.
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It seems very safe to me to be surrounded by green growing things and water.
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Recruiting Station was a story that came as the result of many anxious awakenings during many nights.
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Never sit staring at a blank page or screen. If you find yourself stuck, write. Write about the scene you're trying to write. Writing about is easier than writing, and chances are, it will give you your way in.
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Our favorite holding period is forever.
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Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country.
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I have felt that connection and stewardship for Earth for as long as I can remember. And not just for Earth, but the whole universe.
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As for swimming, I'm now in the pool 5 days a week from 8 to 10 a.m. And I'm in the gym for an hour and a half, 4 days a week. Two days upper body, two days lower.
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No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.
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Love that is not jealous is neither true nor pure.
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The wind is a very difficult sound to get. It's always changing.
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You see, God helps only people who work hard. That principle is very clear.
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I think it's important for girls to be confident. Believe in yourself and... everybody's hot.
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Nothing is less suspenseful than a threat that threatens the maker of the threat at least as much as the subject of the threat. Congress hasn't learned this yet, but America has learned it over and over.
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I can't really dress rock 'n' roll any more because I'm the wrong side of 40, but I want that to be the fashion.
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She knows that soon she will have escaped into the world of the people better than us, the great objective world better than Shakespeare and Beethoven and Donatello put together—didn’t they all come out of it?
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It's not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them.
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Too many poets write poems which are only difficult on the surface, difficult because the dramatic situation is easily misunderstood. It's not difficult to write poems that are misunderstood. A drunk, a three-year-old-they are easily misunderstood. What is difficult is being clear and mysterious at the same time. The dramatic situation needs to be as clear in a poem as it is in a piece of good journalism. The why is part of the mystery, but the who, what, where, and when should all be understood.
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It's better being completely ridiculous than unbelievably boring.
