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Marilyn Monroe
Quotes by Marilyn Monroe
Quotes by Marilyn Monroe
“Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about.”
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“Sometimes things fall apart so that better things can fall together.”
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“We are all born sexual creatures,thank God, but it's a pity so many people despise and crush this natural gift.”
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“I don't mind being burdened with being glamorous and sexual. Beauty and femininity are ageless and can't be contrived, and glamour, although the manufacturers won't like this, cannot be manufactured. Not real glamour; it's based on femininity.”
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“All a girl really wants is for one guy to prove to her that they are not all the same.”
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“I'm pretty, but I'm not beautiful.
I'm sin, but I'm not the devil.
I'm good, but I'm not an angel.
I am just a small girl in a big world trying to find someone to love.”
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“I used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night — there must be thousands of girls sitting alone like me, dreaming of becoming a movie star. But I'm not going to worry about them. I'm dreaming the hardest.”
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“If I play a stupid girl and ask a stupid question, I've got to follow it through, what am I supposed to do, look intelligent?”
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“Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.”
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“Friendship is the bestiest thing that comes to life . Friends will always be there for you don't worry about the fakes worry about the people who had your back from the start and never treated you wrong always remember they are your real friends don't never take them as granted because one day your going to lose a good friend by the way your action's are when you see a good friend stick to that person.”
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“I love to do the things the censors won't pass.”
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“When you have a good friend that really cares for you and tries to stick in there with you, you treat them like nothing. Learn to be a good friend because one day you're gonna look up and say I lost a good friend. Learn how to be respectful to your friends, don't just start arguments with them and don't tell them the reason, always remember your friends will be there quicker than your family. Learn to remember you got great friends, don't forget that and they will always care for you no matter what. Always remember to smile and look up at what you got in life.”
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“I learned to walk as a baby and I haven't had a lesson since.”
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“I live to suceed, not to please you or anyone else.”
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“Boys think girls are like books, If the cover doesn't catch their eye they won't bother to read what's inside”
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“How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself.”
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“Some people have been unkind. If I say I want to grow as an actress, they look at my figure. If I say I want to develop, to learn my craft, they laugh. Somehow they don't expect me to be serious about my work.”
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“Too often they don't realize what they have until it's gone.
...they're too stubborn to say, 'Sorry, I was wrong'
they hurt the ones closest to their hearts,
and we let the most foolish things tear us apart”
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“Looking back, I guess I used to play-act all the time. For one thing, it meant I could live in a more interesting world than the one around me.”
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“Just because you fall once, doesn't mean you're fall at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always trust yourself, because if you don't then who will?”
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“I read poetry to save time.”
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“I'm for the individual as opposed to the corporation. The way it is the individual is the underdog, and with all the things a corporation has going for them the individual comes out banged on her head. The artist is nothing. It's really tragic.”
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“I've often stood silent at a party for hours listening to my movie idols turn into dull and little people.”
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“Your clothes should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to show you're a lady.”
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“It’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.”
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“I could never pretend something I didn't feel. I could never make love if I didn't love, and if I loved I could no more hide the fact than change the color of my eyes.”
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“When you're young and healthy you can plan on Monday to commit suicide, and by Wednesday you're laughing again.”
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“There's only one sort of natural blonde on earth - albinos.”
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“It’s better for the whole world to know you, even as a sex star, than never to be known at all.”
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“For those who are poor in happiness, each time is a first time; happiness never becomes a habit.”
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