Think twice before burdening a friend with a secret.
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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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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To be completely woman you need a master, and in him a compass for your life.
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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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I never enjoyed working in a film.
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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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Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs.
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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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A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties.
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In America, sex is an obsession, in other parts of the world it’s a fact.
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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 father can do neither. If only sons could see the paradox, they would understand the dilemma.
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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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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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The Germans and I no longer speak the same language.
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