I’m worth more dead than alive. Don’t cry for me after I’m gone; cry for me now.
MARLENE DIETRICHThe tears I have cried over Germany have dried. I have washed my face.
More Marlene Dietrich Quotes
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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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I dress for the image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men.
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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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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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I am at heart a gentleman.
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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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Without tenderness, a man is uninteresting.
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They want you to bring out your intestines.
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Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.
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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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Latins are tenderly enthusiastic. In Brazil they throw flowers at you. In Argentina they throw themselves.
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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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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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If there is a supreme being, he’s crazy.
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I never enjoyed working in a film.
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