I dress for the image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men.
MARLENE DIETRICHI am at heart a gentleman.
More Marlene Dietrich Quotes
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In America, sex is an obsession, in other parts of the world it’s a fact.
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Glamour is what I sell, it’s my stock in trade.
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Latins are tenderly enthusiastic. In Brazil they throw flowers at you. In Argentina they throw themselves.
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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 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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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 tears I have cried over Germany have dried. I have washed my face.
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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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Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.
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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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Darling, the legs aren’t so beautiful, I just know what to do with them.
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Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs.
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Grumbling is the death of love.
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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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