I restore myself when I'm alone. A career is born in public — talent in privacy.

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"Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition."

- Marilyn Monroe

Ambition

"Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring."

- Marilyn Monroe

Creativity

""Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there’s so much to smile about.""

- Marilyn Monroe

Happiness

"The real lover is a man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or just staring into space."

- Marilyn Monroe

Love

"I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they’re right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together."

- Marilyn Monroe

Love

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"We are all capable of change, both in our actions and our hearts."

- Beauty and the Beast

Personal Growth

"When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too."

- Paulo Coelho

Personal Growth

"If the decisions you make about where you invest your blood, sweat, and tears are not consistent with the person you aspire to be, you’ll never become that person."

- Clayton M. Christensen

Personal Growth

"I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself."

- Arianna Huffington

Personal Growth

"The two most important days in your life are the day you’re born and the day you find out why."

- Mark Twain

Personal Growth