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I like a man who's good, but not too good - for the good die young, and I hate a dead one.

Mae West

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Mae West
Age: 87 †
Born: 1893
Born: August 17
Died: 1980
Died: November 22
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I consider sex a misdemeanor, the more I miss, de meaner I get.
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Sometimes it seems to me I've known so many men that the FBI ought to come to me first to compare fingerprints.
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When it comes to finances, remember that there are no withholding taxes on the wages of sin.
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Just a little sheep dip. Panacea for all stomach ailments.
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The bite of existence did not cut into one in Hollywood.
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I enjoyed the courtroom as just another stage but not so amusing as Broadway.
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Let men see what's coming to them, and women will get what's coming to them.
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I believe in censorship. I made a fortune out of it.
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How tall are you big boy? Six foot nine inches! Let's go up to my place and talk about the nine inches!
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Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
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All discarded lovers should be given a second chance, but with somebody else.
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A man has one hundred dollars and you leave him with two dollars, that's subtraction.
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