There was my name up in lights. I said, 'God, somebody's made a mistake.' But there it was, in lights. And I sat there and said, 'Remember, you're not a star.' Yet there it was up in lights.


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MARILYN MONROE
I'll think I have a few wonderful friends and all of a sudden, ooh, here it comes. They do a lot...
MARILYN MONROE
Isn't there any other part of the matzo you can eat?
MARILYN MONROE
Ever notice that what the hell is always the right decision?
MARILYN MONROE
I've been on a calendar, but never on time.
MARILYN MONROE
I'm not interested in money. I just want to be wonderful.
MARILYN MONROE
I don't mind living in a man's world as long as i can be a woman in it.
MARILYN MONROE
I'm going to be a great movie star some day.
MARILYN MONROE
Imperfection is beauty. Madness is genius and it is better to be absolutely ridiculous then absolutl...
MARILYN MONROE
I learned to walk as a baby and I haven't had a lesson since.
MARILYN MONROE
...If you can make a girl laugh - you can make her do anything...
MARILYN MONROE
If your man is a sports enthusiast, you may have to resign yourself to his spouting off in a monoton...
MARILYN MONROE
I don't want everybody to see exactly where I live, what my sofa or my fireplace looks like.
MARILYN MONROE
Naturally, there are times when every woman likes to be flattered... to feel she is the most importa...
MARILYN MONROE
(Joe) You’ve never heard such cheering,
MARILYN MONROE
I used to get the feeling, and sometimes I still get it, that sometimes I was fooling somebody; I do...
MARILYN MONROE
That's the trouble, a sex symbol becomes a thing. But if I'm going to be a symbol of something, I'd ...
MARILYN MONROE
There are many times when a woman will ask another girl friend how she likes her new hat. She will r...
MARILYN MONROE
I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control, and at times ha...
MARILYN MONROE
Wise woman kisses, but doesn't love, listens, but doesn't believe, and leaves before she's left.
MARILYN MONROE
Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I'm just a girl who wishes for the world.
MARILYN MONROE
I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am pretty, but not beautiful. I hav...
MARILYN MONROE
It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone - so far.
MARILYN MONROE
I have evolved my own exercises, for the muscles I wish to keep firm, and I know they are right for ...
MARILYN MONROE
I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot
MARILYN MONROE
I don't know if high society is different in other cities, but in Hollywood, important people ca...
MARILYN MONROE
An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument. Isaac Stern takes good care of his violin. What i...
MARILYN MONROE
We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupid. So are regrets.
MARILYN MONROE
I've often stood silent at a party for hours listening to my movie idols turn into dull and litt...
MARILYN MONROE
The only person I know who is in worse shape than I am (on Montgomery Clift).
MARILYN MONROE
She was a girl who knew how to be happy even when she was sad. And that’s important—you know
MARILYN MONROE
I don't mind living in a man's world, as long as I can be a woman in it.
MARILYN MONROE
When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I...
MARILYN MONROE
All a girl really wants is for one guy to prove to her that they are not all the same.
MARILYN MONROE
What good is it being Marilyn Monroe? Why can't I just be an ordinary woman?
MARILYN MONROE
I never wanted to be Marilyn - it just happened. Marilyn's like a veil I wear over Norma Jeane.
MARILYN MONROE