Quotes for English Learners
Quotes by
Marilyn Monroe
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Marilyn Monroe
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Marilyn Monroe :
Before and after marriage 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.
Marilyn Monroe |
marriage
Being someone else Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.
Marilyn Monroe |
developmental
Being unhappy with someone It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone.
Marilyn Monroe |
happiness
Bother to read what's inside Boys think girls are like books, If the cover doesn't catch their eye they won't bother to read what's inside.
Marilyn Monroe |
men and women
Deserving me at my best 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.
Marilyn Monroe |
friendship
Fear and regret We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupid. So are regrets.
Marilyn Monroe |
life
Fifty cents for your soul Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul. I know, because I turned down the first offer often enough and held out for the fifty cents.
Marilyn Monroe |
money
Glamor I don't mind being burdened with being glamorous and sexual. Beauty and femininity are ageless and can't be contrived, and glamor, although the manufacturers won't like this, cannot be manufactured. Not real glamor; it's based on femininity.
Marilyn Monroe |
beauty
I am a woman I'm very definitely a woman and I enjoy it.
Marilyn Monroe |
men and women
I'm dreaming the hardest I used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night, 'There must be thousands of girls sitting alone like me dreaming of being a movie star.' But I'm not going to worry about them. I'm dreaming the hardest.
Marilyn Monroe |
dreams
Imperfection is beauty Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.
Marilyn Monroe |
beauty
Keep smiling Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about.
Marilyn Monroe |
life
Living in a man's world I don't mind living in a man's world, as long as I can be a woman in it.
Marilyn Monroe |
men and women
Making a woman laugh If you can make a woman laugh, you can make her do anything.
Marilyn Monroe |
men and women
Making money I don't want to make money, I just want to be wonderful.
Marilyn Monroe |
money
Not to please you I live to succeed, not to please you or anyone else.
Marilyn Monroe |
success
Sleeping The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream.
Marilyn Monroe |
dreams
Someone to love 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 |
love
Success and hatered 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.
Marilyn Monroe |
success
The real lover The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or just staring into space.
Marilyn Monroe |
love
They are all pretty All little girls should be told they are pretty, even if they aren't.
Marilyn Monroe |
beauty
Two-faced If you're gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty.
Marilyn Monroe |
beauty
What life is like You never know what life is like, until you have lived it.
Marilyn Monroe |
life
When things fall apart Sometimes things fall apart so that better things can fall together
Marilyn Monroe |
motivational
Who invented high heels? I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot!
Marilyn Monroe |
fashion
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