March112013
“I don’t want to be the highest paid film star in the world. When I am old and in a rocking chair, I may need a roof over my head, but I want memories of having been a real actress.”  Marilyn Monroe in ‘Bus Stop’, 1956

“I don’t want to be the highest paid film star in the world. When I am old and in a rocking chair, I may need a roof over my head, but I want memories of having been a real actress.” 

Marilyn Monroe in ‘Bus Stop’, 1956

marilyn monroe acting Fame 

February82013
“My candle burns at both ends, It will not last the night; But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - It gives a lovely light!” Edna St Vincent Millay
“My candle burns at both ends,
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends -
It gives a lovely light!”

Edna St Vincent Millay

marilyn monroe sam shaw The Seven Year Itch edna st vincent millay poetry 

April192012
“One of her great gifts was to distil suffering into a face and body meant to signify pleasure and nothing else.” Jacqueline Rose on Marilyn Monroe Photo by Erich Hartmann, Magnum, 1960 

“One of her great gifts was to distil suffering into a face and body meant to signify pleasure and nothing else.”

Jacqueline Rose on Marilyn Monroe

Photo by Erich Hartmann, Magnum, 1960 

eric hartmann jacqueline rose marilyn monroe feminism marilyn by magnum magnum photos 

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