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"I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."
— Marilyn Monroe

tags: best, life, love, mistakes, out-of-control, truth, worst
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"I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when their right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust noone but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together."
— Marilyn Monroe

tags: monroe
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"Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring."
— Marilyn Monroe (Marilyn: Her Life in Her Own Words)

tags: be, inspirational, yourself
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"If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything."
— Marilyn Monroe

tags: girls, love
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"A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left."
— Marilyn Monroe

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"When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then I'm already better than them."
— Marilyn Monroe

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"Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world."
— Marilyn Monroe

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"It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone."
— Marilyn Monroe

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"I am good, but not an angel. I do sin,
but I am not the devil. I am just
a small girl in a big world trying to
find someone to love."
— Marilyn Monroe

tags: love, world
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"I don't mind living in a man's world, as long as I can be a woman in it."
— Marilyn Monroe (Marilyn: Her Life in Her Own Words)

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"Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world."
— Marilyn Monroe

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"Ever notice how 'What the hell' is always the right answer?"
— Marilyn Monroe

tags: humor, philosophy
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"Who said nights were for sleep?"
— Marilyn Monroe

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"It's not true that I had nothing on. I had the radio on."
— Marilyn Monroe

tags: dirty, funny, logo, sex
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"If you're gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty."
— Marilyn Monroe

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"The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream."
— Marilyn Monroe

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"I just want to be wonderful."
— Marilyn Monroe

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"I've never fooled anyone. I've let people fool themselves. They didn't bother to find out who and what I was. Instead they would invent a character for me. I wouldn't argue with them. They were obviously loving somebody I wasn't."
— Marilyn Monroe

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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."
— Marilyn Monroe

tags: marilyn, monroe
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"Dogs never bite me. Just humans."
— Marilyn Monroe

tags: animals, dogs
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"If I'd observed all the rules I'd never have got anywhere."
— Marilyn Monroe

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"Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul. I know, because I turned down the first offer often enough and held out for the fifty cents."
— Marilyn Monroe

tags: hollywood, kiss, soul
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"We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle."
— Marilyn Monroe

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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."
— Marilyn Monroe

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"I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot!"
— Marilyn Monroe

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"It's all make believe, isn't it?"
— Marilyn Monroe

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"I restore myself when I'm alone."
— Marilyn Monroe

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"She was a girl who knew how to be happy even when she was sad. And that’s important—you know "
— Marilyn Monroe

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"The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or just staring into space."
— Marilyn Monroe

tags: love
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"All little girls should be told they are pretty, even if they aren't."
— Marilyn Monroe

tags: beauty, girls
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"I used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night — there must be thousands of girls sitting alone like me, dreaming of becoming a movie star. But I'm not going to worry about them. I'm dreaming the hardest."
— Marilyn Monroe

tags: ambition, dreams
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"I don't mind making jokes, but I don't want to look like one."
— Marilyn Monroe

tags: appearance, jokes, marilyn-monroe
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"Sex is part of nature. I go along with nature."
— Marilyn Monroe

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"Well behaved women rarely make history."
— Marilyn Monroe

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"Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition."
— Marilyn Monroe

tags: ambition, equality
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"I don't mind being burdened with being glamorous and sexual. Beauty and femininity are ageless and can't be contrived, and glamour, although the manufacturers won't like this, cannot be manufactured. Not real glamour; it's based on femininity. We are all born sexual creatures, thank God, but it's a pity so many people despise and crush this natural gift. Art, real art, comes from it, everything."
— Marilyn Monroe

tags: art, beauty, glamour, sexuality
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"Diamonds are a girls best friend."
— Marilyn Monroe

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"The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up."
— Marilyn Monroe

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"Everyone is a star and deserves a chance to shine."
— Marilyn Monroe

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"I've been on a calendar, but never on time."
— Marilyn Monroe

tags: marilyn, monroe
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"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 Monroe

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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?"
— Marilyn Monroe

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"I love to do the things the censors won't pass."
— Marilyn Monroe

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"There must be a thousand girls out there, dreaming the same things as me. But I'm not going to worry about them; I'm dreaming the hardest."
— Marilyn Monroe

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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."
— Marilyn Monroe

tags: alone, feelings, not
108 people liked it

"A sex symbol becomes a thing. I hate being a thing."
— Marilyn Monroe

tags: sexuality
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"All of us are stars and deserve the right to twinkle."
— Marilyn Monroe

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"The truth is I've never fooled anyone. I've let people fool themselves. They didn't bother to find out who and what I was. Instead they would invent a character for me. I wouldn't argue with them. They were obviously loving someone I wasn't. When they found this out, they would blame me for disillusioning them and fooling them."
— Marilyn Monroe

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"I learned to walk as a baby and I haven't had a lesson since."
— Marilyn Monroe

tags: marilyn, monroe
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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."
— Marilyn Monroe

tags: beauty, femininity, sex
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