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.
MARILYN MONROEBefore marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him.
More Marilyn Monroe Quotes
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You deny your own values and opinions, and you adopt a personality that isn’t you.
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I am not a victim of emotional conflicts. I am human.
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Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there’s so much to smile about.
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Dreaming about being an actress is more exciting than being one.
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You might as well make yourself fly as to make yourself love.
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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.
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A sex symbol becomes a thing. I hate being a thing.
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The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.
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Sex is part of nature. I go along with nature.
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Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world.
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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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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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All little girls should be told they are pretty, even if they aren’t.
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I am invariably late for appointments – sometimes as much as two hours. I’ve tried to change my ways but the things that make me late are too strong, and too pleasing.
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A friend tells you what you want to hear; a best friend tells you the truth.
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