"Beauty and femininity are ageless and can't be contrived, and glamour, although the manufacturers won't like this, cannot be manufactured. Not real glamour; it's based on femininity."
Marilyn Monroe"Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring."
Marilyn Monroe"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."
Marilyn Monroe"Fear is stupid. So are regrets."
Marilyn Monroe"Having a child, that's always been my biggest fear. I want a child and I fear a child."
Marilyn Monroe"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."
Marilyn Monroe"I think I have always had a little humor."
Marilyn Monroe"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."
Marilyn Monroe"Marriage destroyed my relationship with two wonderful men."
Marilyn Monroe"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."
Marilyn Monroe"I don't want to make money, I just want to be wonderful."
Marilyn Monroe"Respect is one of life's greatest treasures. I mean, what does it all add up to if you don't have that?"
Marilyn Monroe"Men are so willing to respect anything that bores them."
Marilyn Monroe"The real lover is the man who can thrill you just by touching your head or smiling into your eyes - or just by staring into space."
Marilyn Monroe"A strong man doesn't have to be dominant toward a woman. He doesn't match his strength against a woman weak with love for him. He matches it against the world."
Marilyn Monroe"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."
Marilyn Monroe"I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot."
Marilyn Monroe"An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine."
Marilyn Monroe"Sex is a part of nature. I go along with nature."
Marilyn Monroe"I read poetry to save time."
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