I never enjoyed working in a film.
MARLENE DIETRICHThere’s something about an American soldier you can’t explain. They’re so grateful for anything, even a film actress coming to see them.
More Marlene Dietrich Quotes
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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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Without tenderness, a man is uninteresting.
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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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Latins are tenderly enthusiastic. In Brazil they throw flowers at you. In Argentina they throw themselves.
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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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Darling, the legs aren’t so beautiful, I just know what to do with them.
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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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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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Grumbling is the death of love.
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I am not a myth.
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When you’re dead, you’re dead. That’s it.
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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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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 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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