The Germans and I no longer speak the same language.
MARLENE DIETRICHHow 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.
More Marlene Dietrich Quotes
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They want you to bring out your intestines.
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Grumbling is the death of love.
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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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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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Latins are tenderly enthusiastic. In Brazil they throw flowers at you. In Argentina they throw themselves.
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Sex. In America an obsession. In other parts of the world a fact.
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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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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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The weak are more likely to make the strong weak than the strong are likely to make the weak strong.
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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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I am not a myth.
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Without tenderness, a man is uninteresting.
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Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.
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To be completely woman you need a master, and in him a compass for your life.
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Glamour is what I sell, it’s my stock in trade.
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A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties.
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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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I’m worth more dead than alive. Don’t cry for me after I’m gone; cry for me now.
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When you’re dead, you’re dead. That’s it.
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I never enjoyed working in a film.
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In America, sex is an obsession, in other parts of the world it’s a fact.
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Think twice before burdening a friend with a secret.
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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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There is a gigantic difference between earning a great deal of money and being rich.
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Darling, the legs aren’t so beautiful, I just know what to do with them.
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