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" What do I wear in bed? Why, Chanel No. 5, of course. "
Marilyn Monroe
Course
Wear
Why
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" I don't want to make money, I just want to be wonderful. "
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Just
Wonderful
Make
" Why is it you always meet people when you look your worst? "
Marilyn Monroe
Look
You
Worst
" 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. "
Marilyn Monroe
Yourself
Dinner
Know
" The working men, I'll go by and they'll whistle. At first they whistle because they think, 'Oh, it's a girl. She's got blond hair and she's not out of shape,' and then they say, 'Gosh, it's Marilyn Monroe!' "
Marilyn Monroe
Men
Girl
Think
" 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.' "
Marilyn Monroe
Hurt
Hide
Me
" There is a need for aloneness, which I don't think most people realise for an actor. It's almost having certain kinds of secrets for yourself that you'll let the whole world in on only for a moment, when you're acting. But everybody is always tugging at you. They'd all like sort of a chunk of you. "
Marilyn Monroe
World
Moment
Yourself
" I knew I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful, but because I had never belonged to anything or anyone else. "
Marilyn Monroe
Never
Public
World
" I won't be satisfied until people want to hear me sing without looking at me. Of course, that doesn't mean I want them to stop looking. "
Marilyn Monroe
Me
Stop
People
" If you spend your life competing with business men, what do you have? A bank account and ulcers! "
Marilyn Monroe
Business
Men
Life
" 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
" 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. "
Marilyn Monroe
Swimming
Golf
Men
" Naturally, there are times when every woman likes to be flattered... to feel she is the most important thing in someone's world. Only a man can paint this picture. "
Marilyn Monroe
World
Woman
Picture
" 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
" The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream. "
Marilyn Monroe
Nicest
Dream
I Can
" Millions of people live their entire lives without finding themselves. But it is something I must do. "
Marilyn Monroe
Without
Finding
Must
" 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. "
Marilyn Monroe
Prove
Want
Myself
" My public is growing up just as I am. After all, I'm not 19 anymore and if I stick with the sex bit, who will be paying to see me when I'm 50? "
Marilyn Monroe
Me
Growing Up
Sex
" I learned to walk as a baby, and I haven't had a lesson since. "
Marilyn Monroe
Learned
Had
Baby
" 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 know I will never be happy, but I know I can be gay! "
Marilyn Monroe
Happy
Gay
Be Happy
" A woman can bring a new love to each man she loves, providing there are not too many. "
Marilyn Monroe
Woman
New
Man
" What I really want to say: That what the world really needs is a real feeling of kinship. Everybody: stars, laborers, Negroes, Jews, Arabs. We are all brothers. "
Marilyn Monroe
World
Real
Feeling
" I myself would like to become more disciplined within my work. "
Marilyn Monroe
Within
Work
Become
" I'll think I have a few wonderful friends and all of a sudden, ooh, here it comes. They do a lot of things. They talk about you to the press, to their friends, tell stories, and you know, it's disappointing. "
Marilyn Monroe
Friends
Know
Talk
" A man makes you feel important - makes you glad you are a woman. "
Marilyn Monroe
Feel
Important
Man
" 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. "
Marilyn Monroe
Me
Little
Little Girls
" I restore myself when I'm alone. "
Marilyn Monroe
Alone
Restore
Myself
" When it comes to gossip, I have to readily admit men are as guilty as women. "
Marilyn Monroe
Women
Men
Admit
" Having a child, that's always been my biggest fear. I want a child and I fear a child. "
Marilyn Monroe
Child
Having
Want
" What good is it being Marilyn Monroe? Why can't I just be an ordinary woman? "
Marilyn Monroe
Good
Woman
Why