"Someone said to me, 'If fifty percent of the experts in Hollywood said you had no talent and should give up, what would you do?' My answer was then and still is, 'If a hundred percent told me that, all one hundred percent would be wrong.'"

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Marilyn Monroe

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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.

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