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.
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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Courage and grace are a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is in the bullring.
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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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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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It’s the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.
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Sex. In America an obsession. In other parts of the world a fact.
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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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They want you to bring out your intestines.
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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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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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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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Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs.
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Grumbling is the death of love.
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The Germans and I no longer speak the same language.
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