There’s something about an American soldier you can’t explain. They’re so grateful for anything, even a film actress coming to see them.
MARLENE DIETRICHSex. In America an obsession. In other parts of the world a fact.
More Marlene Dietrich Quotes
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The Germans and I no longer speak the same language.
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Darling, the legs aren’t so beautiful, I just know what to do with them.
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It’s the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.
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Courage and grace are a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is in the bullring.
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Without tenderness, a man is uninteresting.
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When you’re dead, you’re dead. That’s it.
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How do you know love is gone? If you said that you would be there at seven and you get there by nine, and he or she has not called the police yet – it’s gone.
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Most women set out to try to change a man, and when they have changed him they do not like him.
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They want you to bring out your intestines.
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A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties.
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You need a man you can look up to and respect. If you dethrone him it’s no wonder that you are discontented, and discontented women are not loved for long.
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The weak are more likely to make the strong weak than the strong are likely to make the weak strong.
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A father can do neither. If only sons could see the paradox, they would understand the dilemma.
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Latins are tenderly enthusiastic. In Brazil they throw flowers at you. In Argentina they throw themselves.
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Glamour is what I sell, it’s my stock in trade.
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