Think twice before burdening a friend with a secret.
MARLENE DIETRICHGrumbling is the death of love.
More Marlene Dietrich Quotes
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Darling, the legs aren’t so beautiful, I just know what to do with them.
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The tears I have cried over Germany have dried. I have washed my face.
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The weak are more likely to make the strong weak than the strong are likely to make the weak strong.
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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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The Germans and I no longer speak the same language.
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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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Sex. In America an obsession. In other parts of the world a fact.
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Glamour is what I sell, it’s my stock in trade.
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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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Courage and grace are a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is in the bullring.
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To be completely woman you need a master, and in him a compass for your life.
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I never enjoyed working in a film.
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Grumbling is the death of love.
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Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.
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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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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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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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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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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 am not a myth.
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Without tenderness, a man is uninteresting.
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Latins are tenderly enthusiastic. In Brazil they throw flowers at you. In Argentina they throw themselves.
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When you’re dead, you’re dead. That’s it.
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