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" I defy gravity. "
Marilyn Monroe
Gravity
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" I have too many fantasies to be a housewife. I guess I am a fantasy. "
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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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" I've been on a calendar, but I've never been on time. "
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" I have noticed... that men usually leave married women alone and are inclined to treat all wives with respect. This is no great credit to married women. "
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" I have never cared especially for outdoor sports and have no desire to excel at tennis, swimming, or golf. I'll leave those things to the men. "
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" When I was five I think, that's when I started wanting to be an actress. "
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" If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything. "
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" It's not to much fun to know yourself too well or think you do - everyone needs a little conceit to carry them through & past the falls. "
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" I restore myself when I'm alone. "
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" I never wanted to be Marilyn - it just happened. Marilyn's like a veil I wear over Norma Jeane. "
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" The real lover is the man who can thrill you just by touching your head or smiling into your eyes - or just by staring into space. "
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" I once wanted to prove myself by being a great actress. Now I want to prove that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll be a great actress. "
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" What good am I? I can't have kids. I can't cook. I've been divorced three times. Who would want me? "
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" Having a child, that's always been my biggest fear. I want a child and I fear a child. "
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" When I was a youngster I lived with different families. I nearly always felt closer to the man of the house. Maybe because I always dreamed of having a father of my own. "
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" I myself would like to become more disciplined within my work. "
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" I love a natural look in pictures. "
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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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" I was honoured when they asked me to appear at the president's birthday rally in Madison Square Garden. There was like a hush over the whole place when I came on to sing 'Happy Birthday,' like if I had been wearing a slip, I would have thought it was showing or something. I thought, 'Oh, my gosh, what if no sound comes out!' "
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" A woman can't be alone. She needs a man. A man and a woman support and strengthen each other. She just can't do it by herself. "
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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 being a movie star.' But I'm not going to worry about them. I'm dreaming the hardest. "
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" Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world. "
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" I always have a full-length mirror next to the camera when I'm doing publicity stills. That way, I know how I look. "
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" Only the public can make a star. It's the studios who try to make a system out of it. "
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