A tipped-over golden trophy beside a small burgundy rosette on a dark red background.

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Marilyn Monroe

People feel fame gives them some kind of privilege to walk up to you and say anything to you, of any kind of nature-and it won't hurt your feelings-like it's happening to your clothing.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker criticises treating fame as permission to say hurtful things, as though words affected only clothing rather than a person.

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