Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a ki…

Marilyn Monroe
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Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul. ✨ Quoted in Marilyn Monroe in Her OwnWords (1990)
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