Marilyn Monroe Quotes
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In life, we weep at the thought of death. In death, perhaps we weep at the thought of life.
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I love to do the things the censors won't pass.
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Within crisis, are the seeds of opportunity.
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Say goodbye to Pat, say goodbye to the president, and say goodbye to yourself, because you're a nice guy. … I'll see, I'll see.
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Remember now, Cheers, no tears.
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Respect is one of life's greatest treasures. I mean, what does it all add up to if you don't have that?
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The thing I want more than anything else? I want to have children. I used to feel for every child I had, I would adopt another.
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The truth can only be recalled, never invented.
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Don't you know that a man being rich is like a girl being pretty? You wouldn't marry a girl just because she's pretty, but my goodness, doesn't it help?
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A sweater is like life, you get nothing out of it that you don't put into it!
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I like to feel blonde all over.
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I often wake up in the night, and I like to have something to think about.
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My illusions didn't have anything to do with being a fine actress. I knew how third rate I was. I could actually feel my lack of talent, as if it were cheap clothes I was wearing inside. But, my God, how I wanted to learn, to change, to improve!
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I restore myself when I'm alone.
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That's the story of my life; I always get the fuzzy end of the lollipop.
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I never wanted to be Marilyn - it just happened. Marilyn's like a veil I wear over Norma Jeane.
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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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As of today, I have absolutely no regrets. I think I am a mature person who can take things in stride. I'm grateful for people in my past. They helped me get to where I am, wherever that is. But now, I am thinking for myself and sitting in on all the business transactions.
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The more I think of it, the more I realize there are no answers. Life is to be lived.
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I restore myself when I'm alone. A career is born in public - talent in privacy.
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Please don't make me a joke. End the interview with what I believe. I don't mind making jokes, but I don't want to look like one... I want to be an artist, an actress with integrity... If fame goes by, so long, I've had you, fame. If it goes by, I've always known it was fickle. So at least it's something I experienced, but that's not where I live.
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Sisters make the best friends in the world.
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I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot.
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Sometimes I think it would be easier to avoid old age, to die young, but then you'd never complete your life, would you? You'd never wholly know you.