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.
MARLENE DIETRICHThe tears I have cried over Germany have dried. I have washed my face.
More Marlene Dietrich Quotes
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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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Glamour is what I sell, it’s my stock in trade.
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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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It’s the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.
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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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A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties.
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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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Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs.
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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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Sex. In America an obsession. In other parts of the world a fact.
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I never enjoyed working in a film.
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Think twice before burdening a friend with a secret.
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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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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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Darling, the legs aren’t so beautiful, I just know what to do with them.
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