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Acceptance
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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
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Boredom
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Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius, and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.
-Marilyn Monroe
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Censorship
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The trouble with censors is that they worry if a girl has a cleavage; they ought to worry if she hasn
-Marilyn Monroe
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Fame
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A place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.
-Marilyn Monroe, (describing Hollywood)
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Fame will go by and, so long, I've had you, fame. If it goes by, I've always known it was fickle. So at least it's something I experienced, but that's not where I live.
-Marilyn Monroe
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Infidelity
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Husbands are chiefly good lovers when they are betraying their wives.
-Marilyn Monroe
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Money
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I don't want to make money. I just want to be wonderful.
-Marilyn Monroe
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Protest
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Unfortunately, I am involved in a freedom ride protesting the loss of the minority rights belonging to the few remaining earthbound stars. All we demanded was our right to twinkle.
-Marilyn Monroe
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Punctuality
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I've been on a calendar, but I've never been on time.
-Marilyn Monroe
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I have been on a calendar, but never on time.
-Marilyn Monroe
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Sex
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A sex symbol becomes a thing.... I just hate to be a thing.
-Marilyn Monroe, As quoted in Ms. magazine, p. 40, August, 1972
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