If there is a supreme being, he’s crazy.
MARLENE DIETRICHThink twice before burdening a friend with a secret.
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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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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It’s the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.
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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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Without tenderness, a man is uninteresting.
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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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The tears I have cried over Germany have dried. I have washed my face.
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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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When you’re dead, you’re dead. That’s it.
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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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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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Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.
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To be completely woman you need a master, and in him a compass for your life.
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