Latins are tenderly enthusiastic. In Brazil they throw flowers at you. In Argentina they throw themselves.
MARLENE DIETRICHSuperstitions are habits rather than beliefs.
More Marlene Dietrich Quotes
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I never enjoyed working in a film.
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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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Grumbling is the death of love.
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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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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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Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.
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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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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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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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They want you to bring out your intestines.
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Sex. In America an obsession. In other parts of the world a fact.
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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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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 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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