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Famous Marilyn Monroe Quotes
“A man makes you feel important - makes you glad you are a woman.”
“If there is only one thing in my life that I am proud of, it's that I've never been a kept woman.”
“Someday I want to have children and give them all the love I never had.”
“I think that sexuality is only attractive when it's natural and spontaneous.”
“I have always had a talent for irritating women since I was fourteen.”
“I am alone; I am always alone no matter what.”
“Fame doesn't fulfill you. It warms you a bit, but that warmth is temporary.”
“I'm one of the world's most self-conscious people. I really have to struggle.”
“A woman can bring a new love to each man she loves, providing there are not too many.”
“I never wanted to be Marilyn - it just happened. Marilyn's like a veil I wear over Norma Jeane.”
“I often wake up in the night, and I like to have something to think about.”
“We human beings are strange creatures and still reserve the right to think for ourselves.”
“Black men don't like to be called 'boys,' but women accept being called 'girls.'”
“It's nice to be included in people's fantasies but you also like to be accepted for your own sake.”
“There isn't anybody that looks like me without clothes on.”
“For a long time I was scared I'd find out I was like my mother.”
“I have been told my eating habits are absolutely bizarre. But I don't think so.”
“I want to be an artist, an actress with integrity, and that includes all kinds of parts.”
“It is wonderful to have someone praise you, to be desired.”
“Marriage destroyed my relationship with two wonderful men.”
“What's the good of drawing in the next breath if all you do is let it out and draw in another?”
“How do I know about a man's needs for a sex symbol? I'm a girl.”
“I learned to walk as a baby, and I haven't had a lesson since.”
“Why is it you always meet people when you look your worst?”
“Fame is like caviar, you know - it's good to have caviar but not when you have it at every meal.”