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 have evolved my own exercises, for the muscles I wish to keep firm, and I know they are right for me because I can feel them putting the proper muscles into play as I exercise."

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"Jewish men don't know anything."

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"When you're a failure in Hollywood, that's like starving to death outside a banquet hall, with smells of filet mignon driving you crazy."

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"I've always wanted a baby."

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"We human beings are strange creatures and still reserve the right to think for ourselves."

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"Having a child, that's always been my biggest fear. I want a child and I fear a child."

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"I learned to walk when I was ten months old and I've been walking this way ever since."

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"I'm looking forward to becoming a marvelous - excuse the word marvelous - character actress. like Marie Dressler, like Will Rogers."

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"I want to be an artist, not an erotic freak. I don’t want to be sold to the public as a celluloid aphrodisiac."

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"A man makes you feel important - makes you glad you are a woman."

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"I learned also that the best way to keep out of trouble was by never complaining or asking for anything."

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"For a long time I was scared I'd find out I was like my mother."

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"Do not ever go back to that from which decided to leave. As much as you did not ask, and how would you not want to own. Having conquered a mountain, begin to attack the other."

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"They've said I want to direct pictures. I couldn't direct traffic."

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"Black men don't like to be called 'boys,' but women accept being called 'girls.'"

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"Everyones childhood plays itself out. No wonder no one knows the other or can completely understand."

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