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.
MARLENE DIETRICHI 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.
More Marlene Dietrich Quotes
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The tears I have cried over Germany have dried. I have washed my face.
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They want you to bring out your intestines.
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To be completely woman you need a master, and in him a compass for your life.
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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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Think twice before burdening a friend with a secret.
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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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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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Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs.
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A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties.
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It’s the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.
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When you’re dead, you’re dead. That’s it.
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Glamour is what I sell, it’s my stock in trade.
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Latins are tenderly enthusiastic. In Brazil they throw flowers at you. In Argentina they throw themselves.
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Darling, the legs aren’t so beautiful, I just know what to do with them.
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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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