Marlene Dietrich
Marlene Dietrich (1901-1992) was a German-born actress and singer.
Dietrich remained popular throughout her long career by continually re-inventing herself. In 1920s Berlin, she acted on the stage and in silent films. Her performance as Lola-Lola in The Blue Angel, directed by Josef von Sternberg, brought her international fame and a contract with Paramount Pictures in the US. Hollywood films such as Shanghai Express and Desire capitalised on her glamour and exotic looks, cementing her stardom and making her one of the highest paid actresses of the era. Dietrich became a US citizen in 1937; during World War II, she was a high-profile frontline entertainer. Although she still made occasional films in the post-war years, Dietrich spent most of the 1950s to the 1970s touring the world as a successful show performer. She died in Paris, aged 90 years.
In 1999 the American Film Institute named Dietrich the ninth greatest female star of all time.
“Love for the joy of loving, and not for the offerings of someone else's heart.”
“A man is more interested in a woman who is interested in him than he is in a woman-- any woman-- with beautiful legs.”
“What remains is solitude.”
“Ich hab' noch einen Koffer in Berlin.”
“I do not think we have a "right" to happiness. If happiness happens, say thanks.”
“Sex: In America an obsession. In other parts of the world a fact.”
“Think twice before burdening a friend with a secret.”
“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.”
“Courage and grace is a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is the bullring.”
“There is a gigantic difference between earning a great deal of money and being rich" Under a picture of a mom holding a baby :-)”
“Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.”
“Most women set out to try to change a man, and when they have changed him they do not like him.”
“It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.”