I'm thirty-six years old. I'm just getting started!
Marilyn MonroeRead
Let yourself go, the pleasure of physical movement is so important. If that's a problem, you say to yourself, what is there that I am afraid of, or hiding? Maybe your libido!
Interpretation
Embracing physical movement can lead to personal freedom and self-discovery.
This quote by Marilyn Monroe emphasizes the importance of allowing oneself to fully experience physical movement as a source of joy and liberation. It suggests that engaging in physical activity can unearth deeper fears or insecurities one may have, potentially related to one’s own desires and identity, encouraging a journey towards self-acceptance and understanding.
In practice
Use this quote in a yoga class to inspire participants to embrace their movement.
I'm thirty-six years old. I'm just getting started!
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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.
But day after day of depression, the kind that doesn’t seem to merit carting me off to a hospital but allows me to sit here on this stoop in summer camp as if I were normal, day after day wearing down everybody who gets near me. My behavior seems, somehow, not acute enough for them to know what to do with me, though I’m just enough of a mess to be driving everyone around me crazy.
I think it's so foolish for people to want to be happy. Happy is so momentary--you're happy for an instant and then you start thinking again. Interest is the most important thing in life; happiness is temporary, but interest is continuous.
I got rhythm, I got music, I got my man- Who could ask for anything more?
Smile, it enhances your face value.
When we adopt a dog or any pet, we know it is going to end with us having to say goodbye, but we still do it. And we do it for a very good reason: They bring so much joy and optimism and happiness. They attack every moment of every day with that attitude.
[Happiness is] a ghost, it’s a shadow. You can’t really chase it. It’s a by-product, a very pleasant side effect to a life lived well.
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