Absolutely Ridiculous Than Absolutely Boring By Marilyn Monroe

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“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius, and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.” ― Marilyn Monroe In order to be yourself, you have to tell yourself that the people who tell you to change want you to struggle. You should love yourself and tell people who want to change you that you don’t want to be like one of them, you want to be yourself. Wouldn’t it be boring if everyone looked exactly alike? I think so. There would be no way to tell anyone apart. Everyone is exactly the same. Be yourself, everyone else is already taken. Marilyn Monroe’s quote relates to the story because you should live life and be yourself. Not what other people want you to be. “It’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring”

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