I dress for the image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men.
MARLENE DIETRICHTo be completely woman you need a master, and in him a compass for your life.
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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Courage and grace are a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is in the bullring.
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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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Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs.
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If there is a supreme being, he’s crazy.
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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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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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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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Think twice before burdening a friend with a secret.
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In America, sex is an obsession, in other parts of the world it’s a fact.
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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 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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A father can do neither. If only sons could see the paradox, they would understand the dilemma.
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