I'm thirty-six years old. I'm just getting started!
Marilyn MonroeRead
I feel that beauty and femininity are ageless
Interpretation
Beauty and femininity transcend time and age.
Marilyn Monroe's quote emphasizes that true beauty and femininity are not confined by age or societal standards. It suggests that the essence of what makes someone beautiful and feminine remains constant, regardless of physical appearance or the passage of time, highlighting a more profound appreciation for inner qualities and self-expression.
In practice
This quote can be shared during a women's empowerment speech.
I'm thirty-six years old. I'm just getting started!
I'm pretty, but not beautiful. _x000D_ I sin, but I'm not the devil. _x000D_ I'm good, but I'm not an angel.
My public is growing up just as I am. After all, I'm not 19 anymore and if I stick with the sex bit, who will be paying to see me when I'm 50?
A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left.
Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world.
You believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself.
God forbid you be an ugly girl, 'course too pretty is also your doom, 'cause everyone harbors a secret hatred for the prettiest girl in the room.
And the beauty of a woman, with passing years only grows!
I _x000D_ would close down all those teenage magazines that encourage young _x000D_ girls to diet. Who says that to be pretty you have to be thin? Some _x000D_ people look better thin and some don't. There is almost a standard being _x000D_ created where only thin is acceptable. The influence of those _x000D_ magazines on girls as young as 13 is horrific.
Even virtue is fairer when it appears in a beautiful person.
Girls see enough of this body that we can't imitate, that we'll never be able to obtain, these unrealistic expectations...it's better to look strong and healthy...
For me, true beauty has nothing to do with wrinkles and everything to do with the fact that my maternal grandmother raised five children just after the war and remained a fighter throughout her life. True beauty is the slick of red lipstick my paternal grandmother would put on before going to church on Sunday.
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