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.
MARLENE DIETRICHLatins are tenderly enthusiastic. In Brazil they throw flowers at you. In Argentina they throw themselves.
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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When you’re dead, you’re dead. That’s it.
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I am at heart a gentleman.
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In America, sex is an obsession, in other parts of the world it’s a fact.
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Think twice before burdening a friend with a secret.
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Glamour is what I sell, it’s my stock in trade.
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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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A father can do neither. If only sons could see the paradox, they would understand the dilemma.
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I am not a myth.
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The Germans and I no longer speak the same language.
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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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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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I dress for the image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men.
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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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