I know people who say ‘Hollywood broke her heart,’ and all that, but I don’t believe it. She was very observant and tough minded and appealing, but she adored and trusted the wrong people. She was very courageous-you know the book Twelve Against the Gods? Marilyn was like that, she had to challenge the gods at every turn. ~ George Cukor

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Marilyn at a Press Conference in Mexico, 1962.

Story of my life. I always get the fuzzy end of the lollipop. 

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Marilyn Monroe visits a children’s hospital in New Jersey, 1952.

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