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

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He most perceptive character in a play is the fool, because the man who wishes to seem simple cannot possibly be a simpleton.

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If you can make a woman laugh, you can make her do anything. ― Marilyn Monroe

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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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I'll cry at the end of the day, not with fresh makeup.

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How often have I lain beneath rain on a strange roof, thinking of home.

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You believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself. ― Marilyn Monroe

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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. ― Marilyn Monroe

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

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

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