I never enjoyed working in a film.
MARLENE DIETRICHThere is a gigantic difference between earning a great deal of money and being rich.
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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If there is a supreme being, he’s crazy.
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When you’re dead, you’re dead. That’s it.
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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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Grumbling is the death of love.
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A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties.
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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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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 father can do neither. If only sons could see the paradox, they would understand the dilemma.
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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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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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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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I’m worth more dead than alive. Don’t cry for me after I’m gone; cry for me now.
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In America, sex is an obsession, in other parts of the world it’s a fact.
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I am not a myth.
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