More from Marlene Dietrich
Darling, the legs aren’t so beautiful, I just know what to do with them.
Marlene DietrichMarlene Dietrich Latins are tenderly enthusiastic. In Brazil they throw flowers at you. In Argentina they throw themselves.
Marlene DietrichMarlene Dietrich I’m worth more dead than alive. Don’t cry for me after I’m gone; cry for me now.
Marlene DietrichMarlene Dietrich When you’re dead, you’re dead. That’s it.
Marlene DietrichMarlene Dietrich 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 DietrichMarlene Dietrich Glamour is what I sell, it’s my stock in trade.
Marlene DietrichMarlene Dietrich 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 DietrichMarlene Dietrich I dress for the image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men.
Marlene DietrichMarlene Dietrich 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.
Marlene DietrichMarlene Dietrich Most women set out to try to change a man, and when they have changed him they do not like him.
Marlene DietrichMarlene Dietrich I never enjoyed working in a film.
Marlene DietrichMarlene Dietrich To be completely woman you need a master, and in him a compass for your life.
Marlene DietrichMarlene Dietrich It’s the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.
Marlene DietrichMarlene Dietrich The Germans and I no longer speak the same language.
Marlene DietrichMarlene Dietrich I am not a myth.
Marlene DietrichMarlene Dietrich A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties.
Marlene DietrichMarlene Dietrich
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From our community writers
Caught inside my mind trapped between its horrid lines losing precious time.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados Some women will have you look at life differently.
Eleni SophiaEleni Sophia The biggest reward often require the largest risks.
Nicole BrownNicole Brown Being with you is familiar, like playing guitar after some time; the theory is there but my fingers have forgotten the chords.
AstaAsta Late-night conservations, Breathtaking memories, and an endless sky full of unseen dazzling stars. That’s how I want to remember us.
AurthurAurthur Nothing is more terrifying than falling in love.
Helena DegnHelena Degn People who cannot see through souls will keep searching for beauty in faces and will never find it.
Shilpa GoelShilpa Goel There is someone out there waiting to love you in all the ways you deserve.
Ashley PrzywolskiAshley Przywolski
Meet the writers
More on breakfast
Our father the novelist; my husband the poet. He belongs to the ages – just don’t catch him at breakfast.
Alan BennettAlan Bennett My father would often work all night and sleep during the day, so for us, dinner might be pancakes, and breakfast might be beef stroganoff.
Ahmet ZappaAhmet Zappa I have savored to the full all the small, daily joys. The bright sunshine on the breakfast table; the smell of the air at dusk; the sound of the clock ticking; the light rains that start gently after midnight; the hour when the family come home.
Agnes Sligh TurnbullAgnes Sligh Turnbull I need someone to eat breakfast with and watch Adventure Time with!
Adrian RobinsonAdrian Robinson The next day, she was silent. For breakfast, she murdered an onion and served it raw.
Adam JohnsonAdam Johnson I still think the best classic meal in New York is a coffee-shop breakfast – you sort of can’t skip it.
Adam GopnikAdam Gopnik The first duty of a revolutionist is to get away with it. The second duty is to eat breakfast. I ain’t going.
Abbie HoffmanAbbie Hoffman The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it. The second duty is to eat breakfast. I ain’t going.
Abbie HoffmanAbbie Hoffman