When you’re dead, you’re dead. That’s it.
MARLENE DIETRICHYou 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.
More Marlene Dietrich Quotes
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A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties.
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To be completely woman you need a master, and in him a compass for your life.
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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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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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Darling, the legs aren’t so beautiful, I just know what to do with them.
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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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The Germans and I no longer speak the same language.
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In America, sex is an obsession, in other parts of the world it’s a fact.
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Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.
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I never enjoyed working in a film.
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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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Think twice before burdening a friend with a secret.
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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 weak are more likely to make the strong weak than the strong are likely to make the weak strong.
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