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I'm not an actress, I'm a personality.

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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Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.
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one should be afraid of life, not of death.
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I have been photographed to death.
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Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs.
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I never ever took my career seriously.
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H is for Hardware store: I'd rather go to the hardware store than the opera. And I like the opera.
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It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.
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A country without bordellos is like a house without bathrooms.
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On Teasing : Teach your teen-age daughters not to tease boys into physical desire. You might save their lives.
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Darling, the legs aren't so beautiful, I just know what to do with them.
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Glamour is assurance. It is a kind of knowing that you are all right in every way, mentally and physically and in appearance, and that, whatever the occasion or the situation, you are equal to it.
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Most people who make movies are in real life a bitter disappointment. I, on the other hand, am so much better in real life.
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Words can bruise and break hearts, and minds as well. There are no black and blue marks, no broken bones to put in plaster casts, and therefore no prison bars for the offender.
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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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Latins are tenderly enthusiastic. In Brazil they throw flowers at you. In Argentina they throw themselves.
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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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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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Morocco: Looks better in films.
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...it gives you the impression that every day is Sunday.
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