Marilyn Monroe - Woman Quotes

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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

I'm a failure as a woman. My men expect so much of me, because of the image they've made of me — and that I've made of myself — as a sex symbol. They expect bells to ring and whistles to whistle, but my anatomy is the same as any other woman's and I can't live up to it.

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

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The studio people want me to do "Good-bye Charlie" for the movies, but I'm not going to do it. I don't like the idea of playing a man in a woman's body — you know? It just doesn't seem feminine.

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

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Always admired men who had many women. It must be that to a child of a dissatisfied woman the idea of monogamy is hollow.

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