I never enjoyed working in a film.
MARLENE DIETRICHThe tears I have cried over Germany have dried. I have washed my face.
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 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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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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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 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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Sex. In America an obsession. In other parts of the world a fact.
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It’s the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.
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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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If there is a supreme being, he’s crazy.
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To be completely woman you need a master, and in him a compass for your life.
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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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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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A father can do neither. If only sons could see the paradox, they would understand the dilemma.
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