MARILYN BEING MARILYN

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Quotes from Marilyn Monroe

"I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."

"I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together."

"Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring."

"A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left."

"I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am just a small girl in a big world trying to find someone to love."

"If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything."

"When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then I'm already better than them."

"If you're gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty."

"It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone."

"The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or just staring into space."

"Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world.”

"Ever notice how 'What the hell,' is always the right answer?"

"Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world."

"I don't mind living in a man's world, as long as I can be a woman in it."

"She was a girl who knew how to be happy even when she was sad. And that’s important — you know”

"I've never fooled anyone. I've let people fool themselves. They didn't bother to find out who and what I was. Instead they would invent a character for me. I wouldn't argue with them. They were obviously loving somebody I wasn't."

We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupid. So are regrets."

"Who said nights were for sleep?"

The nicest thing for me is sleep, and then at least I can dream."

"All little girls should be told they are pretty, even if they aren't."

“We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle."

"Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition."

"It's not true that I had nothing on. I had the radio on."

"You believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself."

"It’s better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you’re not"

Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn't that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you."

ONE SHE DIDN’T SAY WAS “LIVE FAST AND DIE YOUNG” WHICH WAS WHAT SHE DID.