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I dress for the image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men.

Marlene Dietrich

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Marlene Dietrich
Age: 90 †
Born: 1901
Born: December 27
Died: 1992
Died: May 6
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Marie Magdalene Dietrich
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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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Glamour is what I sell, it's my stock in trade.
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Timing: The alpha and omega of aerialists, jugglers, actors, diplomats, publicists, generals, prizefighters, revolutionists, financiers, dictators, lovers.
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Darling, the legs aren't so beautiful, I just know what to do with them.
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Tenderness is greater proof of love than the most passionate of vows.
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