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" If I close my eyes and think of Hollywood, all I see is one big varicose vein. "
Marilyn Monroe
Big
See
Think
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" 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. "
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" Sex is a part of nature. I go along with nature. "
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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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" In Hollywood a girl's virtue is much less important than her hairdo. "
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Virtue
Important
" I don't want everybody to see exactly where I live, what my sofa or my fireplace looks like. "
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Want
" There isn't anybody that looks like me without clothes on. "
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Like
Clothes
" I am alone; I am always alone no matter what. "
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Am
Always
" I've often stood silent at a party for hours listening to my movie idols turn into dull and little people. "
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Turn
Listening
" I like to feel blonde all over. "
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Like
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" Some of my foster families used to send me to the movies to get me out of the house and there I'd sit all day and way into the night. Up in front, there with the screen so big, a little kid all alone, and I loved it. I loved anything that moved up there and I didn't miss anything that happened and there was no popcorn either. "
Marilyn Monroe
Loved
Alone
Movies
" 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. "
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Know
People
Good
" 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. "
Marilyn Monroe
Night
Down
Me
" We human beings are strange creatures and still reserve the right to think for ourselves. "
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Human
Think
Strange
" I have feelings too. I am still human. All I want is to be loved, for myself and for my talent. "
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I Am
Talent
Myself
" We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle. "
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Twinkle
Stars
Deserve
" I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot. "
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Him
Know
High Heels
" The thing I want more than anything else? I want to have children. I used to feel for every child I had, I would adopt another. "
Marilyn Monroe
Used
Want
Children
" Fame will go by and, so long, I've had you, fame. If it goes by, I've always known it was fickle. So at least it's something I experience, but that's not where I live. "
Marilyn Monroe
Live
Experience
Will
" I've found men are less likely to let petty things annoy them. "
Marilyn Monroe
Less
Annoy
Found
" 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. "
Marilyn Monroe
Treat
Men
Respect
" 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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Me
Little
Little Girls
" I don't look at myself as a commodity, but I'm sure a lot of people have. "
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People
Sure
Look
" A woman knows by intuition, or instinct, what is best for herself. "
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Instinct
Best
" Having a child, that's always been my biggest fear. I want a child and I fear a child. "
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Child
Having
Want
" 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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Age
Think
Old Age
" The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream. "
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Nicest
Dream
I Can
" I want to be an artist, not... a celluloid aphrodisiac. "
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Artist
Want
" If I'm a star, then the people made me a star. "
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People
Me
" An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument. "
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Instrument
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Actor