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" 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. "
Marilyn Monroe
Man
Girl
Him
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" I read poetry to save time. "
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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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" 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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" In fact, my popularity seems almost entirely a masculine phenomenon. "
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" What do I wear in bed? Why, Chanel No. 5, of course. "
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Why
" What's the good of drawing in the next breath if all you do is let it out and draw in another? "
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Next
" An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine. "
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" I was brought up differently than the average American child because the average child is brought up expecting to be happy. "
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" It is wonderful to have someone praise you, to be desired. "
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" First, I'm trying to prove to myself that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll convince myself that I'm an actress. "
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" Sometimes I think it would be easier to avoid old age, to die young, but then you'd never complete your life, would you? You'd never wholly know you. "
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" Someone said to me, 'If fifty percent of the experts in Hollywood said you had no talent and should give up, what would you do?' My answer was then and still is, 'If a hundred percent told me that, all one hundred percent would be wrong.' "
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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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Good
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" I am alone; I am always alone no matter what. "
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Alone
Am
Always
" 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. "
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Time
Think
" I'm very definitely a woman and I enjoy it. "
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Definitely
Enjoy
Woman
" 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. "
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Glamour
Beauty
" I think that sexuality is only attractive when it's natural and spontaneous. "
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Natural
Spontaneous
Sexuality
" The public doesn't mind people living together without being married, providing they don't overdo it. "
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Together
" Someday I want to have children and give them all the love I never had. "
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Children
Someday
" I don't know if high society is different in other cities, but in Hollywood, important people can't stand to be invited someplace that isn't full of other important people. They don't mind a few unfamous people being present because they make good listeners. "
Marilyn Monroe
Know
People
Good
" Of course, it does depend on the people, but sometimes I'm invited places to kind of brighten up a dinner table like a musician who'll play the piano after dinner, and I know you're not really invited for yourself. You're just an ornament. "
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Yourself
Dinner
Know
" I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I'm 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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" What good is it being Marilyn Monroe? Why can't I just be an ordinary woman? "
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Woman
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" If I close my eyes and think of Hollywood, all I see is one big varicose vein. "
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Big
See
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" I am invariably late for appointments - sometimes as much as two hours. I've tried to change my ways but the things that make me late are too strong, and too pleasing. "
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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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You
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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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Men
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" An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument. "
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Actor