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There is a gigantic difference between earning a great deal of money and being rich.
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Jungs! Opfert euch nicht! Der krieg ist doch scheiße, Hitler ist ein idiot! (message in a pro-allied propaganda broadcast) Translation: Boy! Do not sacrifice yourself! The war is but shit, Hitler is an idiot!
Marlene Dietrich
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The Germans and I no longer speak the same language.
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Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs.
Marlene Dietrich -
Sex. In America an obsession. In other parts of the world a fact.
Marlene Dietrich -
Most women set out to try to change a man, and when they have changed him they do not like him.
Marlene Dietrich -
If there is a supreme being, he's crazy.
Marlene Dietrich -
The weak are more likely to make the strong weak than the strong are likely to make the weak strong.
Marlene Dietrich
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A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties. A father can do neither. If only sons could see the paradox, they would understand the dilemma.
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It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.
Marlene Dietrich -
Courage and grace are a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is in the bullring.
Marlene Dietrich