Marilyn Monroe Short Quotes

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I always get the fuzzy end of the lollipop.

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It's not true I had nothing on. I had the radio on.
On reports of her nude photographs for a calendar

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I know I will never be happy but I know I can be gay!

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I don't care about the money. I just want to be wonderful.
Sometimes quoted as: I'm not interested in money, I just want to be wonderful.

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You might as well make yourself fly as to make yourself love.

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

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I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot.

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Try to enjoy myself when I can - I'll be miserable enough as it is.

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In Hollywood, a girl's virtue is much less important than her hairdo.

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I have always had a talent for irritating women since I was fourteen.

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A career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night.

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A struggle with shyness is in every actor more than anyone can imagine.

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

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

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Men love you more if they can be made a little uncertain about owning you.

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I don't understand why people aren't a little more generous with each other.

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Most men judge your importance in their lives by how much you can hurt them.

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

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A sweater is like life, you get nothing out of it that you don't put into it!

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I'm one of the world's most self-conscious people. I really have to struggle.

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The truth is, I've never fooled anyone. I've let men sometimes fool themselves.

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Arthur Miller wouldn't have married me if I had been nothing but a dumb blonde.

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An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine.

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I restore myself when I'm alone. A career is born in public — talent in privacy.

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