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Marilyn Monroe Quotes

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“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.”
— Marilyn Monroe, A quote by Marilyn Monroe
Tagged: Self-awareness, Personality, Insecurities, Mistakes
“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 Monroe, Snippets Of Marilyn Monroe
Tagged: Self-Confidence
“The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or just staring into space.”
— Marilyn Monroe, INSPIRING LEGENDS: Real Life Inspirational Stories(Book 1)
Tagged: Love, Lover, Intimacy, little things
“That's the trouble, a sex symbol becomes a thing. I just hate to be a thing. But if I'm going to be a symbol of something I'd rather have it sex than some other things they've got symbols of!”
— Marilyn Monroe, Great interviews of the 20th century: Marilyn Monroe interviewed by Richard Meryman
Tagged: inspiration, Inspirational, empowerment, feminism, feminine, Sex, sexuality, sex symbol, symbol
“I don't forgive people because I'm weak, I forgive them because I am strong enough to know people make mistakes.’”
— Marilyn Monroe, A Quote by Marilyn Monroes
Tagged: forgiveness, Weakness, strength, Understanding
“I restore myself when I’m alone.”
— Marilyn Monroe, Snippets Of Marilyn Monroe
Tagged: Solitude, Alone, Restore
“The truth is 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. When they found this out, they would blame me for disillusioning them and fooling them.”
— Marilyn Monroe, On Being Blonde: Wit and Wisdom from the World's Most Infamous Blondes
Tagged: Identity
“You believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself.”
— Marilyn Monroe, Marilyn Monroe Quotes about Life
Tagged: Trust Yourself, Life Quotes
“I could tell you all about rejection. Sometimes I feel my whole life has been one big rejection... Look at me now.”
— Marilyn Monroe, The Lost Marilyn Monroe Nudes: Outtakes from Her Last On-Set Shoot Revealed in June’s V.F.
Tagged: Rejection, empowerment, Loving Yourself, perseverance
“It's nice to be included in people's fantasies but you also like to be accepted for your own sake.”
— Marilyn Monroe, Great interviews of the 20th century: Marilyn Monroe interviewed by Richard Meryman
Tagged: inspiration, Inspirational, empowerment, feminism, Feminist
“It’s still about nudity. Is that all I’m good for? I’d like to show that I can get publicity without using my ass or getting fired from a picture.”
— Marilyn Monroe, The Lost Marilyn Monroe Nudes: Outtakes from Her Last On-Set Shoot Revealed in June’s V.F.
Tagged: inspiration, Inspirational, Feminist, feminism, empowerment
“It's not too much fun to know yourself too well or think you do—everyone needs a little conceit to carry them through and past the falls.”
— Marilyn Monroe, Marilyn and Her Monsters by Sam Kashner
Tagged: inspiration, knowing yourself, self reflection, Reflection, Inspirational
“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 experienced, but that's not where I live.”
— Marilyn Monroe, Great interviews of the 20th century: Marilyn Monroe interviewed by Richard Meryman
Tagged: inspiration, Inspirational, empowerment, Self love, Fame
“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.”
— Marilyn Monroe, Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters
Tagged: Marilyns Poems
“We are all born sexual creatures, thank God, but it's a pity so many people despise and crush this natural gift.”
— Marilyn Monroe
Tagged: Sex, hookups
“I dress for men. A woman looks at your clothes critically. A man appreciates them.”
— Marilyn Monroe, LIFE
Tagged: inspiration, Inspirational, empowerment, Fashion
“I did find, too, when the world opened up that people took a lot for granted, like not only could they be friendly, but they could suddenly get overly friendly and expect an awful lot for very little.”
— Marilyn Monroe, Great interviews of the 20th century: Marilyn Monroe interviewed by Richard Meryman
Tagged: inspiration, Inspirational, Learning, empowerment
“I feel that 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, Great interviews of the 20th century: Marilyn Monroe interviewed by Richard Meryman
Tagged: inspiration, Inspirational, beauty, femininity, Glamour, feminine
“We are all born sexual creatures, thank God, but it's a pity so many people despise and crush this natural gift. Art, real art, comes from it, everything.”
— Marilyn Monroe, Great interviews of the 20th century: Marilyn Monroe interviewed by Richard Meryman
Tagged: inspiration, Inspirational, Sex, Art, empowerment, sexuality
“Frankly, I've never considered my own figure so exceptional; until quite recently, I seldom gave it any thought at all.”
— Marilyn Monroe, Marilyn Monroe's Top Shelf: Pageant Magazine, 1952
Tagged: inspiration, Inspirational, Body, body love, Self love, empowerment
“Feel what I feel
within myself —
that is trying to
become aware of it.”
— Marilyn Monroe, Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters
Tagged: Marilyns Poems
“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.’”
— Marilyn Monroe, My Story
Tagged: Imperfection
“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.”
— Marilyn Monroe, My Story
“A woman came up to me asked, ‘You mean to say you didn’t have anything on when you had that calendar picture taken?’ I drew myself up and told her, ‘I did, too, have something on. I had the radio on.’”
— Marilyn Monroe, Saturday Evening Post, May 12, 1956
Tagged: empowerment, Inspirational, inspiration, standing up for yourself
“I think I’m a mixture of simplicity and complexes, but I’m beginning to understand myself now.”
— Marilyn Monroe, Saturday Evening Post, May 12, 1956
Tagged: inspiration, Inspirational, Simplicity, complex, self awareness, empowerment, Understanding
“It might be a kind of relief to be finished. You have to start all over again.”
— Marilyn Monroe, Great interviews of the 20th century: Marilyn Monroe interviewed by Richard Meryman
Tagged: inspiration, Inspirational, Starting Over, empowerment, reinvention
“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.”
— Marilyn Monroe, 30 Inspiring Famous Marilyn Monroe Quotes & Sayings About Love & Life
Tagged: Life Quotes
“To have your heart is
the only completely happy proud possession that has ever belonged to me.”
— Marilyn Monroe, Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters
Tagged: Marilyns Poems
“Fame has a special burden, which I might as well state here and now. I don't mind being burdened with being glamorous and sexual. But what goes with it can be a burden.”
— Marilyn Monroe, Great interviews of the 20th century: Marilyn Monroe interviewed by Richard Meryman
Tagged: inspiration, Inspirational, Fame, Fortune, glamor, sexuality
“To all the girls that think you're fat because you're not a size zero, you're the beautiful one, its society who's ugly.”
— Marilyn Monroe, Snippets Of Marilyn Monroe
Tagged: beauty, size, Society
“I was never used to being happy, so that wasn't something I ever took for granted.”
— Marilyn Monroe, Great interviews of the 20th century: Marilyn Monroe interviewed by Richard Meryman
Tagged: inspiration, Inspirational, empowerment, Happy, Happiness
“I guess I've always had too much fantasy to be only a housewife.”
— Marilyn Monroe, Great interviews of the 20th century: Marilyn Monroe interviewed by Richard Meryman
Tagged: housewife, empowerment, Against Domestic Life
“A girl doesn’t need anyone that doesn’t need her.”
— Marilyn Monroe, 28 Beautiful Marilyn Monroe Quotes on Life, Love, & Happiness
“I do not suntan because I like to feel blonde all over.”
— Marilyn Monroe, Saturday Evening Post, May 12, 1956
Tagged: inspiration, Inspirational, blonde, feeling blonde, empowerment
“I am many stories.”
— Marilyn Monroe, Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters
Tagged: Marilyns Poems
“The truth can only be recalled, never invented.”
— Marilyn Monroe, Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters
Tagged: Marilyns Poems
“Only parts of us will ever
touch parts of others”
— Marilyn Monroe, Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters
Tagged: Marilyns Poems
“This is supposed to be an art form, not just a manufacturing establishment. The sensitivity that helps me to act, you see, also makes me react. An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument. Isaac Stern takes good care of his violin. What if everybody jumped on his violin?”
— Marilyn Monroe, Great interviews of the 20th century: Marilyn Monroe interviewed by Richard Meryman
Tagged: inspiration, Inspirational, Acting, actors, Sensitivity
“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.”
— Marilyn Monroe, 30 Inspiring Famous Marilyn Monroe Quotes & Sayings About Love & Life
Tagged: Life Quotes, Change Quotes, Better Quotes
“If you’re gonna be two-faced, at least make one of them pretty.”
— Marilyn Monroe, The Most Beautiful Women in History
Tagged: Two-Faced, Pretty, Personalities, Good, Bad, Two-Sided
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