Marlene Dietrich's Quotes

It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.

Marlene Dietrich

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

Grumbling is the death of love.

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When you're dead, you're dead. That's it.

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There is a gigantic difference between earning a great deal of money and being rich.

Marlene Dietrich

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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Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.

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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 never enjoyed working in a film.

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Courage and grace are a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is in the bullring.

Marlene Dietrich