Marilyn Monroe Quotes

I never wanted to be Marilyn - it just happened. Marilyn's like a veil I wear over Norma Jeane.

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• When you give a lot of confidence in people and you don't get it back, you are a bit disappointed, but it's life.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • People
  • Life
  • Confidence

• The reality is that I spent years in the factories in Italy when I first set up Jimmy Choo. Today, everyone who has a job at Jimmy Choo, I've done their job - right down to the cleaner.

  

  Tamara Mellon
  • Up
  • Done
  • Job

• If you have a dream, it's definitely achievable through hard work, through dedication, sacrifice, everything.

  

  Carli Lloyd
  • Work
  • Dream
  • Sacrifice

• If you don't feel comfortable in a plunging sweater, skin-tight jeans and killer heels, go home and change.

  

  Ines de La Fressange
  • Home
  • Change
  • Sweater

• We have been playing to a 70-30 black to white audience. And we are just doing what should come next, trying to attract a larger house, trying to reach an audience that's half black and white.

  

  Valerie Simpson
  • Trying
  • House
  • Black

• Leadership is one of the things I really strive to excel in in my life.

  

  Nate Parker
  • Life
  • Leadership
  • My Life

• I'm constantly questioning the effects technology has had on our lives and the effect that monetary debt has had on all of us. We keep this as a dark little secret: 'This is how much interest I owe.'

  

  Rami Malek
  • Technology
  • Dark
  • Debt

• The poet does not fear death, not because he believes in the fantasy of heroes, but because death constantly visits his thoughts and is thus an image of a serene dialogue.

  

  Salvatore Quasimodo
  • Death
  • Fear
  • Thoughts

• My parents are relieved as much as anything that I'm getting some work.

  

  Sam Riley
  • Work
  • Parents
  • Relieved

• There is a big logical jump between acknowledging the destructive nature of hyperinflation and arguing that the lower the rate of inflation, the better.

  

  Ha-Joon Chang
  • Nature
  • Jump

• It begins with the kind of story the writers want to tell. We never sit around in those retreats and say, 'We really need to make a change. Let's change this character.' Or throw a dart at the wall and see what hits. It all begins with story.

  

  Jason Aaron
  • Character
  • Wall

• In most films music is brought in at the end, after the picture is more or less locked, to amplify the emotions the filmmaker wants you to feel.

  

  Ken Burns
  • Music
  • Picture

• I broke my uncle's toy as a kid and never told him about it.

  

  Brett Eldredge
  • Uncle

• Imagine a world where everything that can be connected will be connected - where driverless cars talk to smart transportation networks and where wireless sensors can monitor your health and transmit data to your doctor. That's a snapshot of what the 5G world will look like.

  

  Ajit Pai
  • World
  • Health
  • Smart

• If there is a course that is quant-oriented, you need to focus on that, but if it is a course that is more general management-oriented, do you not need entrance examinations which are more all round?

  

  Chanda Kochhar
  • Focus
  • Management

• Art is not only about angst.

  

  John Corigliano
  • Art

• In addition to relieving patient suffering, research is needed to help reduce the enormous economic and social burdens posed by chronic diseases such as osteoporosis, arthritis, diabetes, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases, cancer, heart disease, and stroke.

  

  Ike Skelton
  • Heart
  • Help
  • Suffering

• I think I can sing, but that does not mean I can actually sing. I fear that I'm like one of those 'American Idol' contestants who truly believe they are good and are actually dreadful.

  

  Kenneth Choi
  • Good
  • Believe
  • American

• In the era of imperialism, businessmen became politicians and were acclaimed as statesmen, while statesmen were taken seriously only if they talked the language of succcessful businessmen.

  

  Hannah Arendt
  • Language
  • Politicians
  • Imperialism

• I don't wear sunscreen. I don't have a skincare program.

  

  Pamela Anderson
  • Program
  • Wear
  • Sunscreen

• I never wanted to be Marilyn - it just happened. Marilyn's like a veil I wear over Norma Jeane.

  

  Marilyn Monroe
  • Wear
  • Veil
  • Never Wanted