I’m pretty, but I’m not beautiful. I sin but I’m not the devil. I’m good, but I’m not an angel.
MARILYN MONROEMen who think that a woman’s past love affairs lessen her love for them are usually stupid and weak.
More Marilyn Monroe Quotes
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I don’t forgive people because I’m weak, I forgive them because I am strong enough to know people make mistakes.
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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.
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You might as well make yourself fly as to make yourself love.
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Being normal is boring!
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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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Maybe I’ll never be able to do what I hope to, but at least I have hope.
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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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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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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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A friend tells you what you want to hear; a best friend tells you the truth.
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It’s not true that I had nothing on. I had the radio on.
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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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The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.
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Love in this dying world but the simple word “love” itself already died and went away.
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