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 MONROEHow wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself.
More Marilyn Monroe Quotes
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A strong man doesn’t have to be dominant toward a woman. He doesn’t match his strength against a woman weak with love for him. He matches it against the world.
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Love and work are the only two real things in our lives. They belong together, otherwise it is off. Work is in itself a form of love.
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Love is rare, love is strange, nothing lasts and people change.
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Dreaming about being an actress is more exciting than being one.
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If you can’t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best.
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We should all start to live before we get too old.
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A career is wonderful, but you can’t curl up with it on a cold night.
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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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Assimilation is much more joyful than conformity,
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If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything.
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People had a habit of looking at me as if I were some kind of mirror instead of a person. They didn’t see me, they saw their own lewd thoughts, then they white-masked themselves by calling me the lewd one.
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That’s the way you feel when you’re beaten inside. You don’t feel angry at those who’ve beaten you. You just feel ashamed.
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A smart girl leaves before she is left
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Maybe I’ll never be able to do what I hope to, but at least I have hope.
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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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