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Marilyn Monroe Quotes & Sayings

I'm for the individual as opposed to the corporation. The way it is the individual is the underdog, and with all the things a corporation has going for them the individual comes out banged on her head. The artist is nothing. It's really tragic.
- Marilyn Monroe

Some people have been unkind. If I say I want to grow as an actress, they look at my figure. If I say I want to develop, to learn my craft, they laugh. Somehow they don't expect me to be serious about my work.
- Marilyn Monroe

My illusions didn't have anything to do with being a fine actress. I knew how third rate I was. I could actually feel my lack of talent, as if it were cheap clothes I was wearing inside. But, my God, how I wanted to learn, to change, to improve!
- Marilyn Monroe

A career is born in public - talent in privacy.
- Marilyn Monroe

Acting isn't something you do. Instead of doing it, it occurs. If you're going to start with logic, you might as well give up. You can have conscious preparation, but you have unconscious results.
- Marilyn Monroe

My work is the only ground I've ever had to stand on. I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation - but I'm working on the foundation.
- Marilyn Monroe

It's better for the whole world to know you, even as a sex star, than never to be known at all.
- Marilyn Monroe

It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone.
- Marilyn Monroe

A career is wonderful thing, but you can't snuggle up to it on a cold night.
- Marilyn Monroe

I have too many fantasies to be a housewife.... I guess I am a fantasy.
- Marilyn Monroe

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