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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
Man
Woman
Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs.
Marlene Dietrich
Beliefs
Habits
Sex. In America an obsession. In other parts of the world a fact.
Marlene Dietrich
Sex
America
Fact
Obsession
World
I dress for the image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men.
Marlene Dietrich
Men
Dress
Fashion
Public
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
Authority
Joy
Quotations
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
American
Film
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
Desire
Film
Play
Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.
Marlene Dietrich
Man
Woman
I never enjoyed working in a film.
Marlene Dietrich
Film
I'm worth more dead than alive. Don't cry for me after I'm gone; cry for me now.
Marlene Dietrich
Now
Worth
If there is a supreme being, he's crazy.
Marlene Dietrich
Being
Without tenderness, a man is uninteresting.
Marlene Dietrich
Man
Tenderness
In America, sex is an obsession, in other parts of the world it's a fact.
Marlene Dietrich
Sex
America
Fact
Obsession
World
It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.
Marlene Dietrich
Friends
Latins are tenderly enthusiastic. In Brazil they throw flowers at you. In Argentina they throw themselves.
Marlene Dietrich
Brazil
Flowers