Marilyn Monroe Quotes

The one thing a person wants in life is usually something basic that money can't buy.

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I guess you could say I'm pretty wary.
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I am not honest.
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I can tell you, all the intelligence services in the world were running my name through their databases to see did anyone by this name come in the country? When? Do we know anything about it? Where did she stay? Who did she see?
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You must be independent and able to do for yourself. Then you do not have to marry a rich man; you can marry a poor one. And if it is wrong, you can go.
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Common Core results finally give families an accurate barometer of whether our kids are mastering the skills they need to succeed in a knowledge-based global economy, early enough that we can intervene.
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No, but I'm really lucky, because I'm not the superhero.
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When the peace treaty is signed, the war isn't over for the veterans, or the family. It's just starting.
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Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.
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Historical costumes from the 18th and 19th centuries look so complicated, but when you see the patterns, it's very systematic. I've always been impressed by how the patterns economize the fabric.
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Things get so sloppy when you're under the influence.
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True Yankees fans know an up-and-coming player when they see one.
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As a state senator and then a congressman, I've had the privilege of trying to do good things for people to whom I owe so much and can never fully repay.
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I always did plays. When I was in kindergarten, I got chosen to be Alvin in 'The Chipmunks.' We did a Chipmunks song. I was always a natural performer. It was easy for me. I danced and I sang, and all that stuff. I felt like I'd be something in the arts, but it vacillated between being a dancer and a singer, or whatever.
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What we want is to establish the rules of a market economy - not to plan its outcome.
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Sometimes I still go round the house making weird noises and stuff, so in that aspect, I haven't grown up!
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I care about Bahrain. Bahrain is very dear to me. I will not allow people to play around with our laws.
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In nature there are few sharp lines.
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I was raised in the '70s, and I've worked with people I love, and I've been on sets with my parents, with people who run a set and require of actors a sense of liberty and freedom and exploration and failure into brave achievement.
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People are different. People choose different criteria. But if there is a better way among many alternatives, I want to encourage that way by making it comfortable. So that's what I've tried to do.
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The perpetuation of slavery, the exile and extermination of American Indians, and the passage of Jim Crow laws weren't carried out at the bidding of a few malefactors of great wealth.
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L'imitazione del male supera sempre l'esempio; comme per il contrario, l'imitazione del bene รจ sempre inferiore.
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My father ran London Films. He made films like 'The Red Shoes,' 'The Third Man.' And he had had a long career in the film business, which was bifurcated with a career in intelligence. He had to deal with gangsters, and sometimes he would take me with him. Also, I went to school with their children.
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The one thing a person wants in life is usually something basic that money can't buy.