Marlene Dietrich
Marlene Dietrich
Marie Magdalene "Marlene" Dietrich was a German-American actress and singer...
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth27 December 1901
CitySchoneberg, Germany
thinking judging cooking
Judging by the vast amount of cookbooks printed and sold in the United States one would think the American woman a fanatical cook. She isn't.
home gay victory
Victory is gay only back home. Up front it is joyless.
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Soft drinks: The gooey, bubbly sea drowning our American children.
las-vegas locks towns
[On Las Vegas:] I love that town. No clocks. No locks. No restrictions.
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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.
waiting outer-space planets
Until they come to see us from their planet, I wait patiently. I hear them saying: Don't call us, we'll call you.
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The weak are more likely to make the strong weak than the strong are likely to make the weak strong.
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Every human being is in need of talking to somebody. In this country nobody has time. It seems that talking to a friend has gone out of style. Now you have to pay money to go to an analyst.
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Morocco: Looks better in films.
laughter laughing remember
There comes a time when suddenly you realize that laughter is something you remember and that you were the one laughing.
men thinking mind
For women, beauty is more important than the mind, because the man is easier to watch than to think.
men tenderness
Without tenderness, a man is uninteresting.
memorable thinking potatoes
I was raised almost entirely on turnips and potatoes, but I think that the turnips had more to do with the effect than the potatoes.
personality actresses
I'm not an actress, I'm a personality.