Latins are tenderly enthusiastic. In Brazil they throw flowers at you. In Argentina they throw themselves.
MARLENE DIETRICHThere is a gigantic difference between earning a great deal of money and being rich.
More Marlene Dietrich Quotes
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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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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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It’s the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.
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Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs.
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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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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 love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.
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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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A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties.
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They want you to bring out your intestines.
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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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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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I dress for the image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men.
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