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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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" I like actors very much, but to marry one would be like marrying your brother. You look too much alike in the mirror. "

" 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 wish I knew why I am so anguished. "

" I don't mind living in a man's world as long as I can be a woman in it. "

" One of the best things that ever happened to me is that I'm a woman. That is the way all females should feel. "

" How do I know about a man's needs for a sex symbol? I'm a girl. "

" 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. "

" I am involved in a freedom ride protesting the loss of the minority rights belonging to the few remaining earthbound stars. All we demanded was our right to twinkle. "

" I want the world to see my body. "

" The real lover is the man who can thrill you just by touching your head or smiling into your eyes - or just by staring into space. "

" It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone - so far. "

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

" Fame may go by and - so long, I've had you. "

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Had

May

" It is wonderful to have someone praise you, to be desired. "

" If you spend your life competing with business men, what do you have? A bank account and ulcers! "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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Night

Down

" 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. "

" I never wanted to be Marilyn - it just happened. Marilyn's like a veil I wear over Norma Jeane. "

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Over

Wear

" I've often stood silent at a party for hours listening to my movie idols turn into dull and little people. "

" Sometimes I feel my whole life has been one big rejection. "