Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him.
More quotes from Marilyn Monroe
Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting then being one.
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To put it bluntly, I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation. But I’m working on the foundation.
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It’s not true that I had nothing on. I had the radio on.
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The thing I want more than anything else? I want to have children. I used to feel for every child I had, I would adopt another.
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It’s not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on.
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There was my name up in lights. I said, ‘God, somebody’s made a mistake.’ But there it was, in lights. And I sat there and said, ‘Remember, you’re not a star.’ Yet there it was up in lights.
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Being a sex symbol is a heavy load to carry, especially when one is tired, hurt and bewildered.
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Sex is a part of nature. I go along with nature.
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My work is the only ground I’ve ever had to stand on. I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation but I’m working on the foundation.
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I don’t know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot.
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Fame will go by and, so long, I’ve had you, fame. If it goes by, I’ve always known it was fickle. So at least it’s something I experience, but that’s not where I live.
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Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him.
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I have too many fantasies to be a housewife. I guess I am a fantasy.
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I have feelings too. I am still human. All I want is to be loved, for myself and for my talent.
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No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they’re pretty, even if they aren’t.
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It’s often just enough to be with someone. I don’t need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You’re not alone.
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If I’d observed all the rules, I’d never have got anywhere.
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What do I wear in bed? Why, Chanel No. 5, of course.
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I’m very definitely a woman and I enjoy it.
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I don’t mind making jokes, but I don’t want to look like one.
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I’ve been on a calendar, but I’ve never been on time.
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An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine.
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A sex symbol becomes a thing. I just hate to be a thing.
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I don’t want to make money, I just want to be wonderful.
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If I’m a star, then the people made me a star.
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A career is wonderful, but you can’t curl up with it on a cold night.
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Husbands are chiefly good as lovers when they are betraying their wives.
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Dogs never bite me. Just humans.
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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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Men are so willing to respect anything that bores them.
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I am invariably late for appointments – sometimes as much as two hours. I’ve tried to change my ways but the things that make me late are too strong, and too pleasing.
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I’ve never dropped anyone I believed in.
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It’s better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone – so far.
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The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.
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I am not interested in money. I just want to be wonderful.
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I guess I have always been deeply terrified to really be someone’s wife since I know from life one cannot love another, ever, really.
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I knew I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful, but because I had never belonged to anything or anyone else.
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It’s all make believe, isn’t it?
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First, I’m trying to prove to myself that I’m a person. Then maybe I’ll convince myself that I’m an actress.
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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.
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Hollywood is a place where they’ll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.
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I restore myself when I’m alone.
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I am involved in a freedom ride protesting the loss of the minority rights belonging to the few remaining earthbound stars. All we demanded was our right to twinkle.
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