Marilyn Monroe quotes - page 3

The trouble with censors is that they worry if a girl has cleavage. They ought to worry if she hasn't any. (Marilyn Monroe)
I don't forgive people because I'm weak, I forgive them because I am strong enough to know people make mistakes. View quote
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There was my name up in lights. I said, 'God, somebody's made a mistake.' But there it was, in lights. And I sat there and said, 'Remember, you're not a star.' Yet there it was up in lights. View quote
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My work is the only ground I've ever had to stand on. To put it bluntly, I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation, but I'm working on the foundation. View quote
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I am not a victim of emotional conflicts. I am human. View quote
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You never know what life is like, until you have lived it. View quote
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Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world. View quote
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I have feelings too. I am still human. All I want is to be loved, for myself and for my talent. View quote
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A woman knows by intuition, or instinct, what is best for herself. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. (Marilyn Monroe)
I read poetry to save time. View quote
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Fame is like caviar, you know - it's good to have caviar but not when you have it at every meal. View quote
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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. View quote
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I learned to walk as a baby and I haven't had a lesson since. View quote
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It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone. View quote
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Gee, I never thought I had an effect on people until I was in Korea. View quote
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Designers want me to dress like Spring, in billowing things. I don't feel like Spring. I feel like a warm red Autumn. View quote
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She Sadie Thompson was a girl who knew how to be gay even when she was sad. And that's important--you know. View quote
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That's the trouble, a sex symbol becomes a thing. But if I'm going to be a symbol of something, I'd rather have it sex than some other things we've got symbols of. View quote
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Men are so willing to respect anything that bores them. (Marilyn Monroe)
I restore myself when I'm alone. A career is born in public - talent in privacy. View quote
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I don't stop when I'm tired. I only stop when I'm done... View quote
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Just because you fail once doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything. View quote
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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. View quote
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Marilyn Monroe

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Occupation: American Actress
Born: June 1, 1926
Died: August 4, 1962
Quotes count: 308
Wikipedia: Marilyn Monroe

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