“Don’t stop when you’re tired; stop when you’re done.”
— Marilyn Monroe
“The sky is not the limit. Your mind is.”
“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.”
“We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle.”
“Who said nights were for sleep?”
“It’s better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone.”
“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.”
“You never know what life is like, until you have lived it.”
“We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupid. So are regrets.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Boys think girls are like books, If the cover doesn’t catch their eye they won’t bother to read what’s inside.”
“If you’re gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty.”
“All a girl really wants is for one guy to prove to her that they are not all the same.”
“If you can make a woman laugh, you can make her do anything.”
“A wise girl kisses but doesn’t love, listens but doesn’t believe, and leaves before she is left.”
“The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or just staring into space.”
“Ever notice how ‘What the hell’ is always the right answer?”
“Sometimes good things fall apart so better things could fall together.”
“If I’d observed all the rules I’d never have got anywhere.”
“I don't want to make money, I just want to be wonderful.”
“I don’t mind living in a man’s world, as long as I can be a woman in it.”
“Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world.”
“A career is wonderful, but you can’t curl up with it on a cold night.”
“Never regret anything because at one time it was exactly what you wanted.”
“Always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don’t, then who will, Sweetie? So keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling, because life’s a beautiful thing and there’s so much to smile about.”
“A wise girl knows her limits, a smart girl knows that she has none.”
“No girl should ever forget that she doesn’t need anyone who doesn’t need her.”
“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius.”
“Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there’s so much to smile about.”
“Always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don’t, then who will, sweetie?”
“I believe this: You just do it. You force yourself to get up. You force yourself to put one foot before the other, and goddamn it, you refuse to let it get to you. you fight. you cry. You curse. Then you go about your business of living. That’s how I’ve done it. There’s no other way.”
“Fear is stupid. So are regrets.”
“I restore myself when I’m alone.”
“They will only care when you’re gone.”
“She was a girl who knew how to be happy even when she was sad. And that’s important – you know.”
“I don’t forgive people because I’m weak, I forgive them because I am strong enough to know people make mistakes.”
“I live to suceed, not to please you or anyone else.”
“Beauty only gets attention, but personality captures the heart.”
“Always remember to smile and look up at what you got in life.”
“You’re the beautiful one. It’s society that’s ugly.”
“It’s all make believe, isn’t it?”
“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.”
“The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream.”
“I said pour yourself a drink, put on some lipstick, and pull yourself together.”
“The happiest time of my life is now.”
“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.”
“What do I wear in bed? Why, Chanel No. 5, of course.”
“Just because you fail once doesn’t mean you’re gonna fail at everything.”
“I am trying to find myself. Sometimes that’s not easy.”
“Within crisis, are the seeds of opportunity.”
“You believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself.”
“Cutting negative people from my life does not mean I hate them, it simply means I respect me.”
“Dogs never bite me. Just humans.”
“I don’t mind making jokes, but I don’t want to look like one.”
“To all the girls that think you’re fat because you’re not a size zero, you’re the beautiful one, its society who’s ugly.”
“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.”
“I have feelings too. I am still human. All I want is to be loved, for myself and for my talent.”
“All little girls should be told they are pretty, even if they aren’t.”
“This life is what you make it. Not matter what, you’re going to mess up sometimes, it’s a universal truth.”
“Happiness is not in money, but in shopping.”
“It’s not true that I had nothing on. I had the radio on.”
“In spite of everything life is not without hope.”
“It’s often just enough to be with someone. I don’t need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You’re not alone.”
“I’ve been on a calendar, but I’ve never been on time.”
“No sex is wrong, if there’s love in it.”
“When you’re young and healthy you can plan on Monday to commit suicide, and by Wednesday you’re laughing again.”
“I’m very definitely a woman and I enjoy it.”
“If I play a stupid girl and ask a stupid question, I’ve got to follow it through, what am I supposed to do, look intelligent?”
“A strong man doesn’t have to be dominant toward a woman. He doesn’t match his strength against a woman weak with love for him. He matches it against the world.”
“You must feel attractive to be attractive.”
“You might as well make yourself fly as to make yourself love.”
“That’s the way you feel when you’re beaten inside. You don’t feel angry at those who’ve beaten you. You just feel ashamed.”
“I could never pretend something I didn’t feel. I could never make love if I didn’t love, and if I loved I could no more hide the fact than change the color of my eyes.”
“Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him.”
“When you don’t have any money, the problem is food. When you have money, it’s sex. When you have both, it’s health.”
“A smart girl is one who knows how to play tennis, golf, piano – and dumb.”
“I don’t know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot!”
“My heart belongs to daddy.”
“Suicide, is a persons privilege. I don’t believe it’s a sin or a crime it’s your right if you do. Though it doesn’t get you anywhere.”
“I want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made.”
“For those who are poor in happiness, each time is a first time; happiness never becomes a habit.”
“It’s a terrible thing to be lonesome, especially in the middle of a crowd.”
“I’m trying to find myself as a person, sometimes that’s not easy to do. Millions of people live their entire lives without finding themselves. But it is something I must do. The best way for me to find myself as a person is to prove to myself that I am an actress.”
“I lay in bed at night crying to myself. The only one who loved me and watched over me was someone I couldn’t see or hear or touch.”
“I read poetry to save time.”
“I’m pretty, but I’m not beautiful.”
“Happy Birthday, Mr Presidenttttt.”
“The thing I want more than anything else? I want to have children. I used to feel for every child I had, I would adopt another.”
“Respect is one of life’s greatest treasures. I mean, what does it all add up to if you don’t have that?”
“I am alone; I am always alone no matter what.”
“A woman knows by intuition, or instinct, what is best for herself.”
“A sex symbol becomes a thing. I hate being a thing.”
“I don’t mind being burdened with being glamorous and sexual. Beauty and femininity are ageless and can’t be contrived, and glamour, although the manufacturers won’t like this, cannot be manufactured. Not real glamour; it’s based on femininity.”
“I learned to walk as a baby and I haven’t had a lesson since.”
“I would have told her then she was the only thing that I could love in this dying world but the simple word “love” itself already died and went away.”
“Don’t let your fear of failing triumph over the joy of participating.”
“I used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night – there must be thousands of girls sitting alone like me, dreaming of becoming a movie star. But I’m not going to worry about them. I’m dreaming the hardest.”
“Some people have been unkind. If I say I want to grow as an actress, they look at my figure. If I say I want to develop, to learn my craft, they laugh. Somehow they don’t expect me to be serious about my work.”
“There’s only one sort of natural blonde on earth – albinos.”
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