Marilyn Monroe

Actress, Model

Marilyn Monroe was a renowned actress and cultural icon, celebrated for her roles in films like 'Some Like It Hot' and her complex views on love and identity.

Born
June 1, 1926
Died
August 5, 1962
Quotes
446
Rank
#36

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"I wanna be loved by you, just you, nobody else but you."

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"Frankly, I've never considered my own figure so exceptional; until quite recently, I seldom gave it any thought at all"

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"By nature, I suppose I have a languorous disposition"

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"I wish I knew why I am so anguished."

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"There is a future, and I can't wait to get to it"

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"I think to love bravely is the best and accept - as much as one can bear."

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"I'm thirty-six years old. I'm just getting started!"

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"Hollywood parties not only confuse me, but they often disillusion me. The disillusion comes when I meet a movie star I’ve been admiring since childhood. I always thought that movie stars were exciting and talented people full of special personality. Meeting one of them at a party I discover usually that he (or she) is colorless and even frightened. I’ve often stood silent at a party for hours listening to my movie idols turn into dull and little people."

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"I've read all of Shakespeare and practiced a lot of lines. ... I am going to do Juliet first. Don't laugh. What, with what makeup, costume and camera can do, my acting will create a Juliet who is 14, an innocent virgin."

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"I lay in bed at night crying to myself. The only one who loved me and watched over me was someone I couldn't see or hear or touch."

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"...I've found out it's fun to go shopping. It's such a feminine thing to do."

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"I want to say to the people, if I am a star, the people made me a star. No studio, no person, but the people did."

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"Happy Birthday, Mr Presidenttttt"

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"I don't consider myself an intellectual. And this is not one of my aims. But I admire intellectual people."

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"I'm pretty, but I'm not beautiful."

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"People respect you because they feel you've survived hard times and endured, and although you've become famous, you haven't become phony."

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"The public doesn't mind people living together without being married, providing they don't overdo it."

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"I'm personally opposed to a deep tan because I like to feel blond all over."

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