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An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.
Mae West
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Mae West
Age: 87 †
Born: 1893
Born: August 17
Died: 1980
Died: November 22
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One and one is two, and two and two is four, and five will get you ten if you know how to work it.
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I didn't discover curves I only uncovered them.
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You may admire a girl's curves on the first introduction, but the second meeting shows up new angles.
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Always remember honey. A good motto is: Take all you can get and give as little as possible.
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Tira begins to sing I'm No Angel to him as the screen fades: Baby, I can warm you with this love of mine. I'm No Angel. Aw, let me feel my fingers running through your hair, I can give you kisses. . . .
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I'm no angel, but I've spread my wings a bit.
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[On the metaphysical:] ... I knew in some marvelous way I had touched the hem of the unknown. And being me, I wanted to lift that hemline a little bit more.
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You gotta get up early in the morning to catch a fox and stay up late at night to get a mink.
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I have found men who didn't know how to kiss. I've always found time to teach them.
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A man has more character in his face at forty than at twenty - he has suffered longer.
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I enjoyed the courtroom as just another stage but not so amusing as Broadway.
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what's life good fer anyhow? The minute you crawl into the world for no good reason of yer own, it's got you licked four ways from the ace.
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I wrote the story myself. It's all about a girl who lost her reputation but never missed it.
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