I do not think that we have a โrightโ to happiness. If happiness happens, say thanks.
Marlene DietrichDon't follow it blindly into every dark alley. Always remember that you are not a model or a mannequin for which the fashion is created.
Marlene DietrichUntil they come to see us from their planet, I wait patiently. I hear them saying: Don't call us, we'll call you.
Marlene DietrichDuties are what make life most worth living. Lacking them, you are not necessary to anyone.
Marlene DietrichJudging 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.
Marlene DietrichChampagne makes you feel like it's Sunday and better days are just around the corner.
Marlene DietrichFor women, beauty is more important than the mind, because the man is easier to watch than to think.
Marlene DietrichEvery 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.
Marlene DietrichGentleman. A man who buys two of the same morning paper from the doorman of his favorite nightclub when he leaves with his girl.
Marlene DietrichCareful grooming may take twenty years off a woman's age, but you can't fool a flight of stairs.
Marlene DietrichDo let him read the papers. But not while you accusingly tiptoe around the room, or perch much like a silent bird of prey on the edge of your most uncomfortable chair. (He will read them anyway, and he should read them, so let him choose his own good time.) Don't make a big exit. Just go. But kiss him quickly, before you go, otherwise he might think you are angry; he is used to suspecting he is doing something wrong.
Marlene DietrichThe air and the sky seem to have been freshly washed and polished, and the people too.
Marlene DietrichOn Teasing : Teach your teen-age daughters not to tease boys into physical desire. You might save their lives.
Marlene DietrichIt is my private life which no one knows anything about, nor ever will. It needs more than half my time if it is to be a success.
Marlene DietrichWriters, Composers, Painters, - also artists like directors and actors fall into the same category. They have to be handled with kid gloves, mentally and physically
Marlene DietrichTiming: The alpha and omega of aerialists, jugglers, actors, diplomats, publicists, generals, prizefighters, revolutionists, financiers, dictators, lovers.
Marlene DietrichSoup not only warms you and is easy to swallow and to digest, it also creates the illusion in the back of your mind that Mother is there.
Marlene DietrichI was raised almost entirely on turnips and potatoes, but I think that the turnips had more to do with the effect than the potatoes.
Marlene DietrichA new kind of award has been added -- the deathbed award. It is not an award of any kind. Either the recipient has not acted at all, or was not nominated, or did not win the award the last few times around. It is intended to relieve the guilty conscience of the Academy members and save face in front of the public. The Academy has the horrible taste to have a star, choking with emotion, present this deathbed award so that there can be no doubt in anybody's mind why the award is so hurriedly given. Lucky is the actor who is too sick to watch the proceedings on television.
Marlene DietrichBeing in the depths of sadness is just as important an experience as being exuberantly happy.
Marlene DietrichIn Europe, it doesn't matter if you're a man or a woman - we make love with anyone we find attractive.
Marlene DietrichThe British have an umbilical cord which has never been cut and through which tea flows constantly. It is curious to watch them in times of sudden horror, tragedy or disaster. The pulse stops apparently, and nothing can be done, and not one move made, until a โnice cup of teaโ is quickly made. There is no question that it brings solace and does steady the mind. What a pity all countries are not.
Marlene DietrichHe [Ernest Hemingway] is gentle, as all real men are gentle; without tenderness, a man is uninteresting.
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