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All Quotes by author - Marilyn Monroe

" A career is born in public - talent in privacy. "

" A career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night. "

" All my stepchildren carried the burden of my fame. Sometimes they would read terrible things about me, and I'd worry about whether it would hurt them. I would tell them: 'Don't hide these things from me. I'd rather you ask me these things straight out, and I'll answer all your questions.' "

" A man has a tendency to accept you the way you are, while most women immediately start to pick flaws and want to change you. "

" A man is more frank and sincere with his emotions than a woman. We girls, I'm afraid, have a tendency to hide our feelings. "

" A man makes you feel important - makes you glad you are a woman. "

" An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument. "

" An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine. "

" Arthur Miller wouldn't have married me if I had been nothing but a dumb blonde. "

" A sex symbol becomes a thing. I just hate to be a thing. "

" A smart girl leaves before she is left. "

" A strong man doesn't have to be dominant toward a woman. He doesn't match his strength against a woman weak with love for him. He matches it against the world. "

" At twelve I looked like a girl of seventeen. My body was developed and shapely. I still wore the blue dress and the blouse the orphanage provided. They made me look like an overgrown lummox. "

" A woman can bring a new love to each man she loves, providing there are not too many. "

" 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. "

" A woman knows by intuition, or instinct, what is best for herself. "

" 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. "

" Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him. "

" Being a sex symbol is a heavy load to carry, especially when one is tired, hurt and bewildered. "

" Black men don't like to be called 'boys,' but women accept being called 'girls.' "

" Confidentially, the type of male I find most enjoyable for a friend is one who has enough fire and assurance to speak up for his convictions. "

" Consider the fellow. He never spends his time telling you about his previous night's date. You get the idea he has eyes only for you and wouldn't think of looking at another woman. "

" Creativity has got to start with humanity and when you're a human being, you feel, you suffer. You're gay, you're sick, you're nervous or whatever. "

" Depending upon my activities, I sleep between five and ten hours every night. I sleep in an extra-wide single bed, and I use only one heavy down comforter over me, summer or winter. I have never been able to wear pajamas or creepy nightgowns; they disturb my sleep. "

" Designers want me to dress like Spring, in billowing things. I don't feel like Spring. I feel like a warm red Autumn. "

" Dogs never bite me - just humans. "

" Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting then being one. "

" Experts on romance say for a happy marriage there has to be more than a passionate love. For a lasting union, they insist, there must be a genuine liking for each other. Which, in my book, is a good definition for friendship. "

" Fame doesn't fulfill you. It warms you a bit, but that warmth is temporary. "

" Fame is fickle, and I know it. It has its compensations but it also has its drawbacks, and I've experienced them both. "

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