The average man is more interested in a woman who is interested in him than he is in a woman with beautiful legs.
MARLENE DIETRICHA man would prefer to come home to an unmade bed and a happy woman than to a neatly made bed and an angry woman.
More Marlene Dietrich Quotes
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Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs.
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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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Courage and grace are a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is in the bullring.
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Glamour is what I sell, it’s my stock in trade.
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Sex. In America an obsession. In other parts of the world a fact.
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It’s the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.
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There is a gigantic difference between earning a great deal of money and being rich.
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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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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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Think twice before burdening a friend with a secret.
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They want you to bring out your intestines.
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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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The tears I have cried over Germany have dried. I have washed my face.
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