I am not a myth.
MARLENE DIETRICHThere is a gigantic difference between earning a great deal of money and being rich.
More Marlene Dietrich Quotes
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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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In America, sex is an obsession, in other parts of the world it’s a fact.
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Grumbling is the death of love.
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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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Latins are tenderly enthusiastic. In Brazil they throw flowers at you. In Argentina they throw themselves.
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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 never enjoyed working in a film.
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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 weak are more likely to make the strong weak than the strong are likely to make the weak strong.
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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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The Germans and I no longer speak the same language.
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They want you to bring out your intestines.
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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 is a gigantic difference between earning a great deal of money and being rich.
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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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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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Without tenderness, a man is uninteresting.
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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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Think twice before burdening a friend with a secret.
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It’s the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.
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To be completely woman you need a master, and in him a compass for your life.
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Sex. In America an obsession. In other parts of the world a fact.
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A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties.
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Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.
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If there is a supreme being, he’s crazy.
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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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