At twelve I looked like a girl of seventeen. My body was developed and shapely. But no one knew this but me. I still wore the blue dress and the blouse the orphanage provided. They made me look like an overgrown lummox.
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Aphorisms by Marilyn Monroe
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Wisdom)
Anything's possible, almost.
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A wise girl knows her limits, a smart girl knows that she has none.
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I am invariably late for appointments sometimes, as much as two hours. I've tried to change my ways but the things that make me late are too strong, and too pleasing.
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Looking back, I guess I used to play-act all the time. For one thing, it meant I could live in a more interesting world than the one around me.
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Death)
Suicide is a person's privilege. I don't believe it's a sin or a crime. It's your right if you want to, though it doesn't get you anywhere.
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Cinema)
An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine.
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Wisdom)
Seeing your name in front page headlines as if you were some kind of a major accident or gun battle is always startling. No matter how often you see it you don't get used to it. You keep thinking: That's about me. The whole country's reading about me. Maybe the world is.
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Ever notice how "What the hell" is always the right answer?
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For life: it is rather a determination not to be overwhelmed. For work: the truth can only be recalled, never invented.
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