Marilyn Monroe Quotes - Page 17

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• When you're famous you kind of run into human nature in a raw kind of way. It stirs up envy, fame does.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Running, Envy, Doe

  "Marilyn Monroe: A Life of the Actress". Book by Carl E. Rollyson, 1993.

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• I like actors very much, but to marry one would be like marrying your brother. You look too much alike in the mirror.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Inspiring, Brother, Mirrors

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

  Marilyn Monroe

  Food, Cooking, Culinary

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• Acting became more than a profession to me. It became a sort of religion.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Acting, Profession

  Marilyn Monroe, Ben Hecht (2006). “My Story”, p.171, Rowman & Littlefield

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• Nearly everyone I knew talked to me about God. They always warned me not to offend Him.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Inspiring

  Marilyn Monroe, Ben Hecht (2006). “My Story”, p.13, Rowman & Littlefield

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• Everybody is always tugging at you. They'd all like a sort of chunk out of you. I don' think they realize it, but it's like 'grrr do this, grr do that' But you do want to stay intact-intact and on two feet.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Thinking

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• Ever since I became a movie star,I've been really weird.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Stars, Movie Star, Really Weird

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• I think I made his back feel better.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Feel Better, Thinking, Made

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• The working men, I'll go by and they'll whistle. At first they whistle because they think, 'Oh, it's a girl. She's got blond hair and she's not out of shape,' and then they say, 'Gosh, it's Marilyn Monroe!'

  Marilyn Monroe

  Girl, Men, Thinking

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• It stirs up envy, fame does. People feel fame gives them some kind of privilege to walk up to you and say anything to you - and it won't hurt your feelings - like it's happening to your clothing.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Hurt, People, Giving

  Quoted in Ms., Aug. 1972

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• It's not to much fun to know yourself too well or think you do - everyone needs a little conceit to carry them through & past the falls.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Fun, Fall, Past

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• I have too much imagination to be a housewife

  Marilyn Monroe

  Imagination, Too Much, Housewife

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• I enjoy acting when you really hit it right. And I guess I've always had too much fantasy to be only a housewife.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Inspiring, Acting, Too Much

  Marilyn Monroe, Roger G. Taylor (1983). “Marilyn Monroe in her own words”, Putnam Pub Group

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• How do I know about a man's needs for a sex symbol? I'm a girl.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Inspiring, Girl, Sex

  Marilyn Monroe, Roger G. Taylor (1983). “Marilyn Monroe in her own words”, Putnam Pub Group

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• When I was a youngster I lived with different families. I nearly always felt closer to the man of the house. Maybe because I always dreamed of having a father of my own.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Dream, Father, Men

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• What's the good of drawing in the next breath if all you do is let it out and draw in another?

  Marilyn Monroe

  Drawing, Next, Draws

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• Sex is nature, and I
  believe in going along
  with nature.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Sex, Believe, I Believe

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• Frankly, I've never considered my own figure so exceptional; until quite recently, I seldom gave it any thought at all. My biggest single concern used to be getting enough to eat. Now I have to worry about eating too much. I never used to bother with exercises. Now I spend at least 10 minutes each morning working out with small weights. I have evolved my own exercises, for the muscles I wish to keep firm, and I know they are right for me because I can feel them putting the proper muscles into play as I exercise.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Morning, Exercise, Play

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• Jewish men don't know anything.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Men, Knows

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• I do sin, but I am not the devil.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Angel, Cute Girl, Devil

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• There is a need for aloneness... for an actor.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Inspirational, Motivational, Acting

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• I like to feel blonde all over.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Inspiring, Blonde, Feels

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• I want to be an artist, not an erotic freak. I don’t want to be sold to the public as a celluloid aphrodisiac.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Artist, Erotic, Aphrodisiac

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• Why is it you always meet people when you look your worst?

  Marilyn Monroe

  People, Looks, Worst

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• I myself would like to become more disciplined within my work.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Inspiring

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