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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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Mary Jane West
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I saw what a mess a lot of people could make of their lives when they're smitten. Some of them go temporarily insane. They find a person who they think holds the key to their happiness-the only key to their happiness... My work has always been my greatest happiness
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The censors wouldn't even let me sit on a guy's lap, and I've been on more laps than a table-napkin.
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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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I go for two kinds of men. The kind with muscles, and the kind without.
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Women like a man with a past, but they prefer a man with a present
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Men are all alike - except the one you've met who's different.
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I have always felt a gift diamond shines so much better than one you buy for yourself.
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You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
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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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Don't come crawlin' to a man for love-he likes to get a run for his money.
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Ya know it was a toss-up whether I go in for diamonds or sing in the choir. The choir lost.
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It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.
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Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
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Why don’t you come up and have a little ... scotch and sofa?
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My advice to those who think they have to take off their clothes to be a star is, once you're boned, what's left to create the illusion? Let em wonder. I never believed in giving them too much of me.
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When I'm good, I'm very good. But when I'm bad I'm better.
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Live close, visit often.
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To err is human, but it feels divine.
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I don't like myself, I'm crazy about myself.
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Flattery will get you everywhere.
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