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.
MARLENE DIETRICHDarling, the legs aren’t so beautiful, I just know what to do with them.
More Marlene Dietrich Quotes
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Glamour is what I sell, it’s my stock in trade.
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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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The tears I have cried over Germany have dried. I have washed my face.
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I never enjoyed working in a film.
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Sex. In America an obsession. In other parts of the world a fact.
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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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If there is a supreme being, he’s crazy.
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To be completely woman you need a master, and in him a compass for your life.
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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 am not a myth.
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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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There is a gigantic difference between earning a great deal of money and being rich.
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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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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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Think twice before burdening a friend with a secret.
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