Grumbling is the death of love.
MARLENE DIETRICHMost women set out to try to change a man, and when they have changed him they do not like him.
More Marlene Dietrich Quotes
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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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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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Sex. In America an obsession. In other parts of the world a fact.
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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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Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs.
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Think twice before burdening a friend with a secret.
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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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Darling, the legs aren’t so beautiful, I just know what to do with them.
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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 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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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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It’s the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.
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A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties.
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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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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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