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Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.

Mae West

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Mae West
Age: 87 †
Born: 1893
Born: August 17
Died: 1980
Died: November 22
Actor
Actress
Autobiographer
Comedian
Film Actor
Playwright
Screenwriter
Singer
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Writer
Brooklyn
New York
Mary Jane West
Jane West
Humorous
Perfection
Worth
Perfectionism
Quality
Perfectionist
Funny
Sarcastic
Anything
Witty
Slowly
Excellence

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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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Women with pasts interest men because they hope history will repeat itself.
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I don't like myself, I'm crazy about myself.
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