I’m worth more dead than alive. Don’t cry for me after I’m gone; cry for me now.
MARLENE DIETRICHThink twice before burdening a friend with a secret.
More Marlene Dietrich Quotes
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Latins are tenderly enthusiastic. In Brazil they throw flowers at you. In Argentina they throw themselves.
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I never enjoyed working in a film.
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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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A father can do neither. If only sons could see the paradox, they would understand the dilemma.
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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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To be completely woman you need a master, and in him a compass for your life.
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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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Darling, the legs aren’t so beautiful, I just know what to do with them.
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I am not a myth.
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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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When you’re dead, you’re dead. That’s it.
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The tears I have cried over Germany have dried. I have washed my face.
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There is a gigantic difference between earning a great deal of money and being rich.
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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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Without tenderness, a man is uninteresting.
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