Marilyn Monroe Quotes
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Having a child, that's always been my biggest fear. I want a child and I fear a child.
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A woman knows by intuition, or instinct, what is best for herself.
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I have noticed... that men usually leave married women alone and are inclined to treat all wives with respect. This is no great credit to married women.
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I learned to walk as a baby, and I haven't had a lesson since.
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Trying to build myself up with the fact that I have done things right that were even good and have had moments that were excellent but the bad is heavier to carry around and feel have no confidence.
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I do sin, but I am not the devil.
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I don't consider myself an intellectual. And this is not one of my aims. But I admire intellectual people.
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Frankly, I've never considered my own figure so exceptional; until quite recently, I seldom gave it any thought at all. My biggest single concern used to be getting enough to eat. Now I have to worry about eating too much. I never used to bother with exercises. Now I spend at least 10 minutes each morning working out with small weights. I have evolved my own exercises, for the muscles I wish to keep firm, and I know they are right for me because I can feel them putting the proper muscles into play as I exercise.
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Most people in the world are Christ lovers. And then there are Christ haters. But all of them are fixated on Christ, and he perpetuates for ever.
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You're the beautiful one. It's society that's ugly.
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Men who think that a woman's past love affairs lessen her love for them are usually stupid and weak.
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I finally made up my mind I wanted to be an actress and I was not going to let my lack of confidence ruin my chances.
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I always have a full-length mirror next to the camera when I'm doing publicity stills. That way, I know how I look.
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I learned also that the best way to keep out of trouble was by never complaining or asking for anything.
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I think every human being knows how to hate. Because if they didn't know how to hate how to hate they wouldn't know how to love.
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Being a movie star was never as much fun as dreaming of being one.
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I knew I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful, but because I had never belonged to anything or anyone else.
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I've always felt toward the slightest scene, even if all I had to do in a scene was just to come in and say, 'Hi,' that the people ought to get their money's worth and that this is an obligation of mine, to give them the best you can get from me.
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No girl should ever forget that she doesn't need anyone who doesn't need her.
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One of the things I like best about men is they're a little vulnerable.
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There are many times when a woman will ask another girl friend how she likes her new hat. She will reply, 'Fine,' but slap her hand to her forehead the minute the girl leaves to yipe, 'What a horror!'
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I have never liked sex. I do not think I ever will. It just seems the opposite of love.
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Sex is nature, and I believe in going along with nature.
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What good is it being Marilyn Monroe? Why can't I just be an ordinary woman?