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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.”
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Marilyn Monroe
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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 they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.”
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“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.”
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“A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left.”
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Marilyn Monroe
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“If you can make a woman laugh, you can make her do anything.”
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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.”
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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.”
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Marilyn Monroe
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“It's far better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone — so far.”
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#9
“If you're gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty.”
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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.”
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Marilyn Monroe
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#11
“Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world.”
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“Have you ever noticed how ‘What the hell’ is always the right decision to make?”
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Terry Johnson,
Insignificance
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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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“I don't mind living in a man's world, as long as I can be a woman in it.”
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Marilyn Monroe,
Marilyn: Her Life in Her Own Words: Marilyn Monroe's Revealing Last Words and Her Photographs
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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.”
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Marilyn Monroe
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#16
“Who said nights were for sleep?”
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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 ”
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Marilyn Monroe
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“The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream.”
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Marilyn Monroe
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“We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupid. So are regrets.”
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Marilyn Monroe
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“No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they're pretty, even if they aren't.”
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#21
“All we demanded was our right to twinkle.”
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Marilyn Monroe
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“It's not true that I had nothing on. I had the radio on.”
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#23
“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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Marilyn Monroe
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“You believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself.”
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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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“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.”
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“Dogs never bite me. Just humans.”
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Marilyn Monroe
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“I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot!”
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“Diamonds are a girl's best friend.”
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Jule Styne,
The Songs of Jule Styne
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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.”
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