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.
MARLENE DIETRICHThe average man is more interested in a woman who is interested in him than he is in a woman with beautiful legs.
More Marlene Dietrich Quotes
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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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A father can do neither. If only sons could see the paradox, they would understand the dilemma.
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Think twice before burdening a friend with a secret.
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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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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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The weak are more likely to make the strong weak than the strong are likely to make the weak strong.
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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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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.
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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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The tears I have cried over Germany have dried. I have washed my face.
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In America, sex is an obsession, in other parts of the world it’s a fact.
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A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties.
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If there is a supreme being, he’s crazy.
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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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