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.
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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They want you to bring out your intestines.
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In America, sex is an obsession, in other parts of the world it’s a fact.
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Grumbling is the death of love.
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Latins are tenderly enthusiastic. In Brazil they throw flowers at you. In Argentina they throw themselves.
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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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Darling, the legs aren’t so beautiful, I just know what to do with them.
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Glamour is what I sell, it’s my stock in trade.
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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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Courage and grace are a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is in the bullring.
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Sex. In America an obsession. In other parts of the world a fact.
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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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A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties.
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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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To be completely woman you need a master, and in him a compass for your life.
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