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" Black men don't like to be called 'boys,' but women accept being called 'girls.' "
Marilyn Monroe
Men
Accept
Being
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" 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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" I want to be an artist, an actress with integrity, and that includes all kinds of parts. "
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" I restore myself when I'm alone. "
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" I'm one of the world's most self-conscious people. I really have to struggle. "
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Really
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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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" 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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" When Clark Gable died, I cried for 2 days straight. I couldn't eat or sleep. "
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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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" Arthur Miller wouldn't have married me if I had been nothing but a dumb blonde. "
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Me
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" I have too many fantasies to be a housewife. I guess I am a fantasy. "
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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.' "
Marilyn Monroe
Someone
Me
Talent
" I want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made. "
Marilyn Monroe
Face
Courage
Old
" It is wonderful to have someone praise you, to be desired. "
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Someone
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" I've always felt toward the slightest scene, even if all I had to do in a scene was just to come in and say, 'Hi,' that the people ought to get their money's worth and that this is an obligation of mine, to give them the best you can get from me. "
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People
Best
Money
" I have been told my eating habits are absolutely bizarre. But I don't think so. "
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Absolutely
Eating
Think
" If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything. "
Marilyn Monroe
Her
Laugh
You
" 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. "
Marilyn Monroe
Night
Me
Alone
" When I was 11, the whole world was closed to me. I just felt I was on the outside of the world. "
Marilyn Monroe
Outside
Me
Just
" It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone - so far. "
Marilyn Monroe
Far
Someone
Unhappy
" 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. "
Marilyn Monroe
Eyes
Time
Think
" I think one of the basic reasons men make good friends is that they can make up their minds quickly. "
Marilyn Monroe
Good
Think
Men
" I've found men are less likely to let petty things annoy them. "
Marilyn Monroe
Less
Annoy
Found
" Being a sex symbol is a heavy load to carry, especially when one is tired, hurt and bewildered. "
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Tired
Sex
Carry
" I wish I knew why I am so anguished. "
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I Wish
Wish
Why
" I just got to feel that whoever I marry has some real regard for me. "
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" I read poetry to save time. "
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Read
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" Girls shouldn't worry about being the equal of men in the business world. "
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World
Business
Equal
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Instinct
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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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