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.
Marilyn MonroeRead
I'm thirty-six years old. I'm just getting started!
Interpretation
Age is just a number and it's never too late to pursue your dreams.
This quote by Marilyn Monroe emphasizes the idea that regardless of your age, one can still embark on new journeys or projects. It reflects a mindset that encourages individuals to embrace new challenges and opportunities, suggesting that life is a continuous journey of growth and discovery, regardless of how many years one has lived.
In practice
In a motivational speech about pursuing goals at any age.
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.
Sometimes good things fall apart so better things could fall together.
If you've tried everything possible to get an outcome, and it just hasn't worked out as planned, stop trying so hard. Relax. Maybe the timing's not right. Maybe it wasn't in your best interests. Maybe while one door seems to be closing, another is opening.
We forget that every good that is worth possessing must be paid for in strokes of daily effort.
I grew up poor with a very distinctive working-class accent. In England in the 1980s and 1990s this would have impeded my professional advancement. This background has never set me back in America.
I just wish people would realize that anything's possible if you try; dreams are made possible if you try.
I went to my boss, and I said, 'Look, I'd like to design these ties because I think they could be new.' He said, 'The world isn't ready for Ralph Lauren.' I never forgot that because... I thought that was a compliment.
We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.
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