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.
MARLENE DIETRICHGrumbling is the death of love.
More Marlene Dietrich Quotes
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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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Glamour is what I sell, it’s my stock in trade.
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The tears I have cried over Germany have dried. I have washed my face.
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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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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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I’m worth more dead than alive. Don’t cry for me after I’m gone; cry for me now.
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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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Think twice before burdening a friend with a secret.
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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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A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties.
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Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.
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I am not a myth.
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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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Darling, the legs aren’t so beautiful, I just know what to do with them.
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Latins are tenderly enthusiastic. In Brazil they throw flowers at you. In Argentina they throw themselves.
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