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#1

“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: attributed-no-source, best, life, love, misattributed-marilyn-monroe, mistakes, out-of-control, truth, worst

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#2

“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.”
― Marilyn Monroe

tags: attributed-no-source, be-yourself, inspirational

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#3

“A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left.”
― Marilyn Monroe

tags: attributed-no-source

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#4

“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

tags: attributed-no-source

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#5

“It's far better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone — so far.”
― Marilyn Monroe

tags: alone, attributed-no-source

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#6

“If you're gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty.”
― Marilyn Monroe

tags: attributed-no-source

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#7

“Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world.”
― Bette Midler

tags: misattributed-to-marilyn-monroe

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#8

“Have you ever noticed how ‘What the hell’ is always the right decision to make?”
― Terry Johnson, Insignificance

tags: humor, misattributed-to-marilyn-monroe, philosophy

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#9

“Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world.”
― Marilyn Monroe

tags: attributed-no-source, girl, makeup, world

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#10

“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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#11

“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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#12

“We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupid. So are regrets.”
― Marilyn Monroe

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#13

“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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#14

“Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.”
― Timothy Leary

tags: ambition, equality

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#15

“If I'd observed all the rules I'd never have got anywhere.”
― Marilyn Monroe

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#16

“You believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself.”
― Marilyn Monroe

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#17

“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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#18

“Sex is part of nature. I go along with nature.”
― Marilyn Monroe

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#19

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

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#20

“It's all make believe, isn't it?”
― Marilyn Monroe

tags: marilyn-monroe

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#21

“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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#22

“Diamonds are a girl's best friend.”
― Jule Styne, The Songs of Jule Styne

tags: misattributed-to-marilyn-monroe

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#23

“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.”
― Marilyn Monroe

tags: art, beauty, glamour, sexuality

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#24

“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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#25

“I've been on a calendar, but never on time.”
― Marilyn Monroe

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#26

“You never know what life is like, until you have lived it.”
― Marilyn Monroe

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#27

“I love to do the things the censors won't pass.”
― Marilyn Monroe

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#28