Fame is like caviar, you know - it's good to have caviar but not when …

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Fame is like caviar, you know - it's good to have caviar but not when you have it at every meal. ✨ Marilyn Monroe Pours Her Heart Out. Interview with Richard Meryman, LIFE Magazine (p. 38), August 3, 1962.
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Fame is like caviar, you know - it's good to have caviar but not when you have it at every meal. ✨ Marilyn Monroe Pours Her Heart Out. Interview with Richard Meryman, LIFE Magazine (p. 38), August 3, 1962.

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