I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.
MARLENE DIETRICHOnce a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.
More Marlene Dietrich Quotes
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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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I dress for the image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men.
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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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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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A father can do neither. If only sons could see the paradox, they would understand the dilemma.
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Sex. In America an obsession. In other parts of the world a fact.
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The Germans and I no longer speak the same language.
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A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties.
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If there is a supreme being, he’s crazy.
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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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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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There is a gigantic difference between earning a great deal of money and being rich.
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I’m worth more dead than alive. Don’t cry for me after I’m gone; cry for me now.
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When you’re dead, you’re dead. That’s it.
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Glamour is what I sell, it’s my stock in trade.
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