Without tenderness, a man is uninteresting.
MARLENE DIETRICHOnce a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.
More Marlene Dietrich Quotes
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Sex. In America an obsession. In other parts of the world a fact.
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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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To be completely woman you need a master, and in him a compass for your life.
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I am at heart a gentleman.
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The tears I have cried over Germany have dried. I have washed my face.
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When you’re dead, you’re dead. That’s it.
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It’s the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.
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A man would prefer to come home to an unmade bed and a happy woman than to a neatly made bed and an angry woman.
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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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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.
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The Germans and I no longer speak the same language.
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In America, sex is an obsession, in other parts of the world it’s a fact.
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America took me into her bosom when there was no longer a country worthy of the name, but in my heart I am German – German in my soul.
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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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Latins are tenderly enthusiastic. In Brazil they throw flowers at you. In Argentina they throw themselves.
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I had no desire to be an film actress, to always play somebody else, to be always beautiful with somebody constantly straightening out your every eyelash. It was always a big bother to me.
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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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I never enjoyed working in a film.
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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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I am not a myth.
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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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Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs.
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I dress for the image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men.
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Glamour is what I sell, it’s my stock in trade.
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If there is a supreme being, he’s crazy.
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The average man is more interested in a woman who is interested in him than he is in a woman with beautiful legs.
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