Marlene Dietrich Quotes
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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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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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Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.
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They want you to bring out your intestines.
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I am not a myth.
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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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I am at heart a gentleman.
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To be completely woman you need a master, and in him a compass for your life. 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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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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Latins are tenderly enthusiastic. In Brazil they throw flowers at you. In Argentina they throw themselves.
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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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Grumbling is the death of love.
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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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Without tenderness, a man is uninteresting.
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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'm worth more dead than alive. Don't cry for me after I'm gone; cry for me now.
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Glamour is what I sell, it's my stock in trade.
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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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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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In America, sex is an obsession, in other parts of the world it's a fact.
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Think twice before burdening a friend with a secret.
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I never enjoyed working in a film.
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There is a gigantic difference between earning a great deal of money and being rich.