74 quotes by Marilyn Monroe

“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.” — Marilyn Monroe

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“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.” — Marilyn Monroe

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“There was my name up in lights. I said, 'God, somebody's made a mistake.' But there it was, in lights. And I sat there and said, 'Remember, you're not a star.' Yet there it was up in lights.” — Marilyn Monroe

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“Husbands are chiefly good as lovers when they are betraying their wives.” — Marilyn Monroe

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“What good is it being Marilyn Monroe? Why can't I just be an ordinary woman?” — Marilyn Monroe

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“Fame is like caviar, you know - it's good to have caviar but not when you have it at every meal.” — Marilyn Monroe

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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?” — Marilyn Monroe

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“I think one of the basic reasons men make good friends is that they can make up their minds quickly.” — Marilyn Monroe

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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.” — Marilyn Monroe

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“An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument. Isaac Stern takes good care of his violin. What if everybody jumped on his violin?” — Marilyn Monroe

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“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

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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.” — Marilyn Monroe

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“If a star or studio chief or any other great movie personages find themselves sitting among a lot of nobodies, they get frightened - as if somebody was trying to demote them.” — Marilyn Monroe

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“There is just no comparison between having a dinner date with a man and staying home playing canasta with the girls.” — Marilyn Monroe

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“I think I have always had a little humor.” — Marilyn Monroe

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“I guess I have always been deeply terrified to really be someone's wife since I know from life one cannot love another, ever, really.” — Marilyn Monroe

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“Sometimes I feel my whole life has been one big rejection.” — Marilyn Monroe

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“Respect is one of life's greatest treasures. I mean, what does it all add up to if you don't have that?” — Marilyn Monroe

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“If there is only one thing in my life that I am proud of, it's that I've never been a kept woman.” — Marilyn Monroe

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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

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“A woman can bring a new love to each man she loves, providing there are not too many.” — Marilyn Monroe

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“Men who think that a woman's past love affairs lessen her love for them are usually stupid and weak.” — Marilyn Monroe

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“I love a natural look in pictures.” — Marilyn Monroe

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“Someday I want to have children and give them all the love I never had.” — Marilyn Monroe

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“A strong man doesn't have to be dominant toward a woman. He doesn't match his strength against a woman weak with love for him. He matches it against the world.” — Marilyn Monroe

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