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.
MARLENE DIETRICHA father can do neither. If only sons could see the paradox, they would understand the dilemma.
More Marlene Dietrich Quotes
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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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I am at heart a gentleman.
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I never enjoyed working in a film.
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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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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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If there is a supreme being, he’s crazy.
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It’s the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.
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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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Grumbling is the death of love.
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To be completely woman you need a master, and in him a compass for your life.
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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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When you’re dead, you’re dead. That’s it.
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Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.
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Latins are tenderly enthusiastic. In Brazil they throw flowers at you. In Argentina they throw themselves.
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They want you to bring out your intestines.
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