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Marilyn Monroe Quotes: 49

I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.
I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.
Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.
If you can make a woman laugh, you can make her do anything.
A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left.
The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or just staring into space.
I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am just a small girl in a big world trying to find someone to love.
Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn't that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you.
Experts on romance say for a happy marriage there has to be more than a passionate love. For a lasting union, they insist, there must be a genuine liking for each other. Which, in my book, is a good definition for friendship.
If you're gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty.
It's far better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone — so far.
When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then I'm already better than them.
We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupid. So are regrets.
I've never fooled anyone. I've let people fool themselves. They didn't bother to find out who and what I was. Instead they would invent a character for me. I wouldn't argue with them. They were obviously loving somebody I wasn't.
She was a girl who knew how to be happy even when she was sad. And that’s important—you know
All little girls should be told they are pretty, even if they aren't.
It's not true that I had nothing on. I had the radio on.
Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world.
I don't mind living in a man's world, as long as I can be a woman in it.
Marilyn
The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream.
Who said nights were for sleep?
You believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself.
All we demanded was our right to twinkle.
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.
Dogs never bite me. Just humans.
If I'd observed all the rules I'd never have got anywhere.
Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about.
I want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made.
I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot!
Sometimes things fall apart so that better things can fall together
All a girl really wants is for one guy to prove to her that they are not all the same.
I don't mind making jokes, but I don't want to look like one.
Sex is part of nature. I go along with nature.
You never know what life is like, until you have lived it.
Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.
I restore myself when I'm alone.
I just want to be wonderful.
We are all born sexual creatures,thank God, but it's a pity so many people despise and crush this natural gift.
It's all make believe, isn't it?
I have feelings too. I am still human. All I want is to be loved, for myself and for my talent.
What do I wear in bed? Why, Chanel No. 5, of course
Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul. I know, because I turned down the first offer often enough and held out for the fifty cents.
Just because you fall once, doesn't mean you're fall at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always trust yourself, because if you don't then who will??
I could never pretend something I didn't feel. I could never make love if I didn't love, and if I loved I could no more hide the fact than change the color of my eyes.
My Story
Husbands are chiefly good as lovers when they are betraying their wives.
For those who are poor in happiness, each time is a first time; happiness never becomes a habit.
My Story
They will only care when you're gone.
just because you fail once, it doesn't mean you're going to fail at everything. keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself because if you don't, then who will? so keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling because life's a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about.
Marilyn: Her Life in Her Own Words
Sometimes I feel my whole life has been one big rejection.