Biography

Marilyn was an actress, model, and singer. She became an icon during her career and was romantically linked to Joe DiMaggio and JFK.
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Marilyn Monroe
I want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made.
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I am going to die young because I can't picture myself old.
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Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.
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The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.
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Imperfection is beauty; madness is genius; and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous, than absolutely boring.
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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.
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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.
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I'm going to be a great movie star some day.
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When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then I'm already better than them.
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We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle.
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I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot!
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I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when their right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust noone but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.
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Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world.
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I don't mind living in a man's world, as long as I can be a woman in it.
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If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything.
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Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world.
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If your gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty.
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The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream.
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There must be a thousand girls out there, dreaming the same things as me. But I'm not going to worry about them;I'm dreaming the hardest.
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Women who seek to be equal with mean lack ambition.
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It's all make believe, isn't it?
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I love to do the things the censors won't pass.
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Diamonds are a girls best friend.
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Who said nights were for sleep?
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It's not true that I had nothing on. I had the radio on.
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I've been on a calendar, but never on time.
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She was a girl who knew how to be happy even when she was sad. And that’s important—you know.
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I don't mind making jokes, but I don't want to look like one.
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All little girls should be told they are pretty, even if they aren't.
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A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left.
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Ever notice how 'What the hell' is always the right answer?
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If I'd observed all the rules I'd never have got anywhere.
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It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone.
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I used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night - there must be thousands of girls sitting alone like me, dreaming of becoming a movie star. But I'm not going to worry about them. I'm dreaming the hardest.
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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.
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I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.
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I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes. I'm out of control and at times hard to handle, but if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.
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Sex is part of nature. I go along with nature.
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We are all born sexual creatures,thank God, but it's a pity so many people despise and crush this natural gift.
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I've never fooled anyone. I've let people fool themselves. They didn't bother to find out who and what I was. Instead they would invent a character for me. I wouldn't argue with them. They were obviously loving somebody I wasn't.
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If I play a stupid girl and ask a stupid question, I've got to follow it through, what am I supposed to do, look intelligent?
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A sex symbol becomes a thing. I hate being a thing.
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Some people have been unkind. If I say I want to grow as an actress, they look at my figure. If I say I want to develop, to learn my craft, they laugh. Somehow they don't expect me to be serious about my work.
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Dogs never bite me. Just humans.
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Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.
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Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn't that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you.
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I learned to walk as a baby and I haven't had a lesson since.
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