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Trying to build myself up with the fact that I have done things right that were even good and have had moments that were excellent but the bad is heavier to carry around and feel have no confidence.
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Marilyn Monroe (Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters)
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try to enjoy myself when I can - I'll be miserable enough as it is.
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Marilyn Monroe (Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters)
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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.
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Marilyn Monroe (Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters)
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I think I hate it here because there is no love here anymore. I regret the effort I desperately made here.
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Marilyn Monroe (Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters)
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feel what I feel within myself—that is trying to become aware of it also what I feel in others not being ashamed of my feeling, thoughts—or ideas realize the thing that they are—
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Marilyn Monroe (Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters)
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to know reality (or things as they are than to have not to know and to have few illusions as possible— train my will now
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Marilyn Monroe (Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters)
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I think to love bravely is the best and accept—as much as one can bear
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Marilyn Monroe (Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters)