Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are. - Marilyn Monroe

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Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.

Marilyn Monroe

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inspirational self-acceptance misattributed self-esteem

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About Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson; 1 June 1926 – 5 August 1962) was an American actress, singer and model.

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Birth Name: Norma Jeane Mortenson

Alternative Names: Norma Jeane Dougherty • Noma Jeane DiMaggio • Marilyn Monroe Miller • Norma Jean Miller • Mėrilin Monro • Norma Jean Mortenson Miller • Norma Jean Mortenson Dougherty • Norma Jean Mortenson • Norma Jean Baker • Norma Jean Mortenson Di Maggio • MM • Norma Jeane Baker

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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.

I'm a failure as a woman. My men expect so much of me, because of the image they've made of me — and that I've made of myself — as a sex symbol. They expect bells to ring and whistles to whistle, but my anatomy is the same as any other woman's and I can't live up to it

I want to grow old without facelifts... I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I've made. Sometimes I think it would be easier to avoid old age, to die young, but then you'd never complete your life, would you? You'd never wholly know you.