“How do I know about a man's needs for a sex symbol? I'm a girl.”
Source: Marilyn Monroe in her own words
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“I learned to walk as a baby, and I haven't had a lesson since.”
“Fame is like caviar, you know - it's good to have caviar but not when you have it at every meal.”
“Girdles and wire stays should have never been invented. No man wants to hug a padded bird cage.”
“Girls shouldn't worry about being the equal of men in the business world.”
“I don't want everybody to see exactly where I live, what my sofa or my fireplace looks like.”
“I myself would like to become more disciplined within my work.”
“I've found men are less likely to let petty things annoy them.”
“Arthur Miller wouldn't have married me if I had been nothing but a dumb blonde.”
“Having a child, that's always been my biggest fear. I want a child and I fear a child.”
“I just got to feel that whoever I marry has some real regard for me.”
“I don't look at myself as a commodity, but I'm sure a lot of people have.”
“Only the public can make a star. It's the studios who try to make a system out of it.”
Source: Marilyn Monroe in her own words
Source: My Story
Source: My Story
Source: Marilyn Monroe in her own words
Source: My Story
Source: Marilyn Monroe in her own words
Source: My Story
Source: My Story
Source: My Story
“Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world.”
“I love to do the things the censors won't pass.”
Source: Marilyn Monroe in her own words
Source: Marilyn Monroe in her own words
“If you're gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty.”
“She was a girl who knew how to be happy even when she was sad. And that’s important—you know”
“You believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself.”
“Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about.”