The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream. ― Marilyn Monroe

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I don't like standard beauty - there is no beauty without strangeness.

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All we demanded was our right to twinkle. ― Marilyn Monroe

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Masks beneath masks until suddenly the bare bloodless skull.

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There's no better makeup than self-confidence.

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I don't suppose that hard work, discipline, and a perfectionist attitude toward my work did me any harm. They are a big part of my makeup today, as any of my co-workers will tell you. And when life seemed unbearable, I learned to live in my imagination, and to step inside other people's skins- indispensable abilities for an actress.

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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. ― Marilyn Monroe

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Happiness is the best makeup. — Drew Barrymore

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I think there's a perception out there that people know me based on these glamorous photos they see of me in magazines, but I have about two hours of hair and makeup and then people to dress me, to make me look even better, in those pictures. There's really so much more to me than that.

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Dogs never bite me. Just humans. ― Marilyn Monroe

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