Darling, the legs aren't so beautiful, I just know what to do with them.
- Marlene Dietrich
Beautiful, Know, Darling, Legs
Courage and grace are a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is in the bullring.
- Marlene Dietrich
Grace, See, Mixture, Formidable
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.
- Marlene Dietrich
Love, Thoughts, Might, Quotations
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.
- Marlene Dietrich
Father, King, Could, Realizing
Latins are tenderly enthusiastic. In Brazil they throw flowers at you. In Argentina they throw themselves.
- Marlene Dietrich
Enthusiastic, Tenderly, Latin
There is a gigantic difference between earning a great deal of money and being rich.
- Marlene Dietrich
Money, Being Rich, Deal, Great Deal
The tears I have cried over Germany have dried. I have washed my face.
- Marlene Dietrich
Face, Over, Cried, Dried
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.
- Marlene Dietrich
Country, Took, German, Bosom
Without tenderness, a man is uninteresting.
- Marlene Dietrich
Man, Tenderness, Without, Uninteresting
Most women set out to try to change a man, and when they have changed him they do not like him.
- Marlene Dietrich
Women, Most, Set, Changed
Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs.
- Marlene Dietrich
Habits, Rather, Than, Superstitions
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.
- Marlene Dietrich
Woman, Need, Discontented, Women Are
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.
- Marlene Dietrich
Love, Nine, He Or She, Do You Know
Glamour is what I sell, it's my stock in trade.
- Marlene Dietrich
Trade, Sell, Stock, Glamour
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 Dietrich
Play, Always, Actress, No Desire
The Germans and I no longer speak the same language.
- Marlene Dietrich
Speak, Same, Longer, Germans
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 Dietrich
Woman, Bed, Prefer, Neatly
Sex. In America an obsession. In other parts of the world a fact.
- Marlene Dietrich
World, Fact, Other, Parts
In America, sex is an obsession, in other parts of the world it's a fact.
- Marlene Dietrich
World, Fact, Other, Parts
Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.
- Marlene Dietrich
Relationship, Woman, She, Forgiven
I dress for the image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men.
- Marlene Dietrich
Dress, Image, Public, Fashion
I never enjoyed working in a film.
- Marlene Dietrich
Movies, Working, Never, Enjoyed
I am not a myth.
- Marlene Dietrich
I Am, Am, Myth
I'm worth more dead than alive. Don't cry for me after I'm gone; cry for me now.
- Marlene Dietrich
Alive, More, Than, Gone
The average man is more interested in a woman who is interested in him than he is in a woman with beautiful legs.
- Marlene Dietrich
Beautiful, Woman, Average, Legs
I am at heart a gentleman.
- Marlene Dietrich
I Am, Gentleman, Am, Heart
If there is a supreme being, he's crazy.
- Marlene Dietrich
Crazy, Being, Supreme Being, Supreme
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.
- Marlene Dietrich
Grateful, Explain, Actress, Soldier
The weak are more likely to make the strong weak than the strong are likely to make the weak strong.
- Marlene Dietrich
Strong, More, Likely, Weak
Think twice before burdening a friend with a secret.
- Marlene Dietrich
Think, Twice, Before, Secret
It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.
- Marlene Dietrich
Friendship, Call, Up, Friends
When you're dead, you're dead. That's it.
- Marlene Dietrich
Death, You, Dead
Grumbling is the death of love.
- Marlene Dietrich
Love, Death, Grumbling
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