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When you have only a single dream it is more than likely to come true - because you keep working toward it without getting mixed up.

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On Arthur Miller's mother always serving matzo ball soup for them:

Isn't there any other part of the matzo you can eat?

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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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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 I am a star, it was the people who made me one — not the studio, but the people.

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I think that sexuality is only attractive when it's natural and spontaneous.

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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 being a movie star.' But I'm not going to worry about them. I'm dreaming the hardest.

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Being a movie star was never as much fun as dreaming of being one.

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Husbands are chiefly good as lovers when they are betraying their wives.

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Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe

Born: June 1, 1926

Died: August 5, 1962 (aged 36)

Bio: Marilyn Monroe, born Norma Jeane Mortenson, was an American actress and model. Famous for playing "dumb blonde" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s, emblematic of the era's attitudes towards sexuality.

Known for:

The Seven Year Itch (1955)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
Bus Stop (1956)
Niagara (1953)

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