Hollywood's a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul…
— Marilyn Monroe
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Hollywood's a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul. I know, because I turned down the first offer often enough and held out for the fifty cents.
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• As quoted in Marilyn Monroe : In Her Own Words (1983), edited by Roger Taylor
• Source: Wikiquote: "Marilyn Monroe" (Quotes)
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