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 DIETRICHThe tears I have cried over Germany have dried. I have washed my face.
More Marlene Dietrich Quotes
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Grumbling is the death of love.
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They want you to bring out your intestines.
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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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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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The Germans and I no longer speak the same language.
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Glamour is what I sell, it’s my stock in trade.
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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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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.
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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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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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In America, sex is an obsession, in other parts of the world it’s a fact.
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I never enjoyed working in a film.
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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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If there is a supreme being, he’s crazy.
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