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Mae West
Age: 87 †
Born: 1893
Born: August 17
Died: 1980
Died: November 22
Actor
Actress
Autobiographer
Comedian
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Playwright
Screenwriter
Singer
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Brooklyn
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Mary Jane West
Jane West
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To err is human, but it feels divine.
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Good women are no fun... The only good woman I can recall in history was Betsy Ross. And all she ever made was a flag.
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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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Sex with love is the greatest thing in life. But sex without love--that's not so bad either.
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I only have 'yes' men around me. Who needs 'no' men?
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I've been in more laps than a napkin.
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It's not what you say, but how you say it!
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Woman: You certainly know the way to a man's heart. Mae West: Funny, too, 'cause I don't know how to cook.
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It's not what you can do, but the way you do it that counts.
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I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.
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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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Positive thoughts generate positive feelings and attract positive life experiences. You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
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It is better to be looked over than overlooked.
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I’ve been things and I've seen places.
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More people saw me than saw Napoleon, Lincoln and Cleopatra. I was better known than Einstein and Picasso. ... I changed the fashion of two continents. The style of the Gay Nineties became the rage ... women were trying to walk and talk like me. Women became more sex-conscious - sex was out in the open and fun.
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Women like a man with a past, but they prefer a man with a present
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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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I like a man who's good, but not too good - for the good die young, and I hate a dead one.
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A real farmer. He spent his childhood in the wheat, and his marriage in the hay.
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When you think about it, what other playwrights are there besides O'Neill, Tennessee and me?
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