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 DIETRICHIf there is a supreme being, he’s crazy.
More Marlene Dietrich Quotes
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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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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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Think twice before burdening a friend with a secret.
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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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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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I never enjoyed working in a film.
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I am not a myth.
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Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs.
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I am at heart a gentleman.
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Most women set out to try to change a man, and when they have changed him they do not like him.
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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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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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In America, sex is an obsession, in other parts of the world it’s a fact.
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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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