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The trouble with censors is that they worry if a girl has cleavage. They ought to worry if she hasn't any.

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

Work

No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they're pretty, even if they aren't.

Marilyn Monroe

Girls

Pretty

Sex is a part of nature. I go along with nature.

Marilyn Monroe

Nature

Sex

The thing I want more than anything else? I want to have children. I used to feel for every child I had, I would adopt another.

Marilyn Monroe

Children

Want

There was my name up in lights. I said, 'God, somebody's made a mistake.' But there it was, in lights. And I sat there and said, 'Remember, you're not a star.' Yet there it was up in lights.

Marilyn Monroe

Mistake

Name

What do I wear in bed? Why, Chanel No. 5, of course.

Marilyn Monroe

Bed

The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.

Marilyn Monroe

Body

Dogs never bite me. Just humans.

Marilyn Monroe

Dogs

I've been on a calendar, but I've never been on time.

Marilyn Monroe

Time

An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine.

Marilyn Monroe

Money

Machine

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.

Being a sex symbol is a heavy load to carry, especially when one is tired, hurt and bewildered.

I have feelings too. I am still human. All I want is to be loved, for myself and for my talent.

Men are so willing to respect anything that bores them.

Marilyn Monroe

Men

Respect