Glamour is what I sell, it’s my stock in trade.
MARLENE DIETRICHWhen you’re dead, you’re dead. That’s it.
More Marlene Dietrich Quotes
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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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Courage and grace are a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is in the bullring.
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Grumbling is the death of love.
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I am at heart a gentleman.
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Without tenderness, a man is uninteresting.
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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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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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They want you to bring out your intestines.
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Latins are tenderly enthusiastic. In Brazil they throw flowers at you. In Argentina they throw themselves.
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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 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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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 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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In America, sex is an obsession, in other parts of the world it’s a fact.
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