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21 " 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. "
― Marilyn Monroe
22 " I have too many fantasies to be a housewife.... I guess I am a fantasy. "
23 " Looking back, I guess I used to play-act all the time. For one thing, it meant I could live in a more interesting world than the one around me. "
24 " Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world. "
25 " Just because you fail once doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything. "
26 " Always remember to smile and look up at what you got in life. "
27 " A smart girl leaves before she is left "
28 " Men are always ready to respect anything that bores them. "
― Marilyn Monroe , My Story
29 " Most men judge your importance in their lives by how much you can hurt them, not by how happy you can make them. "
30 " Maybe I’ll never be able to do what I hope to, but at least I have hope. "
31 " Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting then being one. "
32 " Trying to build myself up with the fact that I have done things right that were even good and have had moments that were excellent but the bad is heavier to carry around and feel have no confidence. "
― Marilyn Monroe , Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters
33 " When you're young and healthy you can plan on Monday to commit suicide, and by Wednesday you're laughing again. "
34 " 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. "
35 " Your clothes should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to show you're a lady "
36 " It's far better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone — so far. "
37 " Most people in the world are Christ lovers. And then there are Christ haters. But all of them are fixated on Christ, and he perpetuates for ever. "
38 " A sex symbol becomes a thing. I hate being a thing. "
39 " I want to grow old without facelifts... I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I've made. Sometimes I think it would be easier to avoid old age, to die young, but then you'd never complete your life, would you? You'd never wholly know you. "
40 " I know I will never be happy, but I know I can be gay! "