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One of my graduate school professors, to whom I started sending poems when I started writing again after a 10-year hiatus, suggested I prepare a book manuscript which he could send to publishers for me.


Marilyn Nelson

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MARILYN MONROE Everyone thinks they're going to write one book of poems or one novel.
MARILYN HACKER To me, Satan ultimately represents rebellion.
MARILYN MANSON Dogs never bite me - just humans.
MARILYN MONROE Fame doesn't fulfill you. It warms you a bit, but that warmth is temporary.
MARILYN MONROE Sometimes, wearing a scarf and a polo coat and no makeup and with a certain attitude of walking, I g...
MARILYN MONROE Men stumble over pebbles, never over mountains.
MARILYN FRENCH All the seven deadly sins are man's true nature. To be greedy. To be hateful. To have lust. Of c...
MARILYN MANSON Music is the strongest form of magic.
MARILYN MANSON On my albums, it's as though the parental advisory is built in.
MARILYN MANSON I'm not a role model. I'm a role villain.
MARILYN MANSON Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world.
MARILYN MONROE I was honoured when they asked me to appear at the president's birthday rally in Madison Square ...
MARILYN MONROE The real lover is the man who can thrill you just by touching your head or smiling into your eyes - ...
MARILYN MONROE To admit you want to have a comeback means you have to admit you weren't what you were supposed ...
MARILYN MANSON Public policy is designed by spin doctors who aim to keep our heads below the water. The public good...
MARILYN FERGUSON Beauty and femininity are ageless and can't be contrived, and glamour, although the manufacturer...
MARILYN MONROE I am involved in a freedom ride protesting the loss of the minority rights belonging to the few rema...
MARILYN MONROE I restore myself when I'm alone.
MARILYN MONROE It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone - so far.
MARILYN MONROE A strong man doesn't have to be dominant toward a woman. He doesn't match his strength again...
MARILYN MONROE