“People have curious attitudes about nudity just as they have about sex. Nudity and sex are the most commonplace things in the world. Yet people often act as if they were things that only existed on Mars.”

—  Marilyn Monroe

Source: As quoted in My Story (2006) by Marilyn Monroe and Ben Hecht p. 60

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American actress, model, and singer 1926–1962

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