Tag: Marilyn Monroe
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I was honoured when they asked me to appear at the president’s birthday rally in Madison Square Garden. There was like a hush over the whole place when I came on to sing ‘Happy Birthday,’ like if I had been wearing a slip, I would have thought it was showing or something. I thought, ‘Oh, my gosh, what if no sound comes out!’
Marilyn Monroe
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Why is it you always meet people when you look your worst?
Marilyn Monroe
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I’ve often stood silent at a party for hours listening to my movie idols turn into dull and little people.
Marilyn Monroe
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Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.
Marilyn Monroe
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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
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I myself would like to become more disciplined within my work.
Marilyn Monroe
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The trouble with censors is that they worry if a girl has cleavage. They ought to worry if she hasn’t any.
Marilyn Monroe
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I won’t be satisfied until people want to hear me sing without looking at me. Of course, that doesn’t mean I want them to stop looking.
Marilyn Monroe
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Someday I want to have children and give them all the love I never had.
Marilyn Monroe
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When I was five, I think, that’s when I started wanting to be an actress. I loved to play. I didn’t like the world around me because it was kind of grim, but I loved to play house. It was like you could make your own boundaries.
Marilyn Monroe