“It’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.”
Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer
Variant: Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.
“It’s lots better to be miserable than to be bored.”
— Robert A. Heinlein, book Podkayne of Mars
Source: Podkayne of Mars (1963), Chapter 8 (p. 94)
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