Marilyn Monroe Quotes
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We take what's shown on television as the truth, and it isn't. News isn't even the truth on television. If you look up the definition of what news is, it isn't that what we're watching on the new - it's entertainment.
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As you probably know, I've written a lot about the presidency, so it's obviously exciting when you get to interview a president and write about it.
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I'm not an atheist. How can you not believe in something that doesn't exist? That's way too convoluted for me.
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All you wanna do in life is do what you do well. That's when you're happiest.
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You have giant Facebook, which wants people to be more engaged, and they also want to grow and trade different things, including content.
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One of the enduring problems with certain societies in the world - and this is certainly true of a lot of places in the Middle East - is that the capacity for self-governance and self-organizing just isn't there. It has to do with history.
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People say I have my own Cinderella story, and in a way, I guess I do.
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The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
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It should take you 15 minutes to make a song, and then get out of there.
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I kept thinking I would be spending my life up to my elbows in shampoo.
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I was in bands, but they were punk bands, and you plug in the guitars, you turn them up really loud, you've got four or five other people on stage with you, you've got some protection from when they throw lighters. You can always hide behind the lead singer or the bass player.
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I'm all about a flat shoe. It takes a lot to get me into a heel!
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The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet got ourselves.
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I am not gay; I don't have a relationship with Ricky Martin.
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The Analytical Engine does not occupy common ground with mere 'calculating machines.' It holds a position wholly its own, and the considerations it suggests are more interesting in their nature.
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Writing is a solitary profession; you are really alone when you write. Then the emotions become well shaped and distinct. But their transition into words must be done deliberately and with rigid artistry.
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When I go out and I see the genuine appreciation from the people, that's a big thing for me.
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Someone once said about me that I talk to everyone the same, no matter what age they are. I don't see kids and adults. I see everyone the same.
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Such young unfurrowed souls roll to meet each other like two velvet peaches that touch softly and are at rest; they mingle as easily as two brooklets that ask for nothing but to entwine themselves and ripple with ever-interlacing curves in the leafiest hiding-places.
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I loved acting, which was never about money, the fame. It was about a search for meaning. It was painful.
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The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love.
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There's something about being a woman and being able to dress up in men's clothing, so to speak.
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Men love you more if they can be made a little uncertain about owning you.
