Maybe I’ll never be able to do what I hope to, but at least I have hope.
MARILYN MONROEIt’s better for the whole world to know you, even as a sex star, than never to be known at all.
More Marilyn Monroe Quotes
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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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I lay in bed at night crying to myself. The only one who loved me and watched over me was someone I couldn’t see or hear or touch.
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All we demanded was our right to twinkle.
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I read poetry to save time.
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I want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made.
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Men are always ready to respect anything that bores them.
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Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn’t that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you.
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If there is only one thing in my life that I am proud of, it’s that I’ve never been a kept woman.
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You might as well make yourself fly as to make yourself love.
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I am not a victim of emotional conflicts. I am human.
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Everything happens for a reason.
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A smile is the best makeup a girl could wear.
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The trouble with censors is that they worry if a girl has cleavage. They ought to worry if she hasn’t any.
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I have too many fantasies to be a housewife. I guess I am a fantasy.
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I’ve given myself away, the whole of me, every part.
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I defy gravity.
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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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Open your eyes and look within. Are you satisfied with the life you are living?
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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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Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world.
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Always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don’t, then who will, sweetie
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A smart girl leaves before she is left
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A career is wonderful, but you can’t curl up with it on a cold night.
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They will only care when you’re gone.
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I know I’m not a perfect person but I can make a good relationship last forever.
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The truth is, I’ve never fooled anyone. I’ve let men sometimes fool themselves.
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