Latins are tenderly enthusiastic. In Brazil they throw flowers at you. In Argentina they throw themselves.
MARLENE DIETRICHThere’s something about an American soldier you can’t explain. They’re so grateful for anything, even a film actress coming to see them.
More Marlene Dietrich Quotes
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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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In America, sex is an obsession, in other parts of the world it’s a fact.
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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 Germans and I no longer speak the same language.
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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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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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I’m worth more dead than alive. Don’t cry for me after I’m gone; cry for me now.
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It’s the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.
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Think twice before burdening a friend with a secret.
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When you’re dead, you’re dead. That’s it.
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Grumbling is the death of love.
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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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I dress for the image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men.
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I never enjoyed working in a film.
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I am not a myth.
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