It's not to much fun to know yourself too well or think you do - everyone needs a little conceit to carry them through & past the falls.Marilyn Monroe
I always have a full-length mirror next to the camera when I'm doing publicity stills. That way, I know how I look.Marilyn Monroe
When I was 11, the whole world was closed to me. I just felt I was on the outside of the world.Marilyn Monroe
He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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
People are so constituted that everybody would rather undertake what they see others do, whether they have an aptitude for it or not.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe