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Love isn't an emotion or an instinct - it's an art.

Mae West

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Mae West
Age: 87 †
Born: 1893
Born: August 17
Died: 1980
Died: November 22
Actor
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Mary Jane West
Jane West
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Live close, visit often.
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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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You are never too old to become younger!
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Men are my hobby, if I ever got married I'd have to give it up.
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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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Girls, give all your gentlemen friends an even break, even if you have to break them in the attempt.
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It's not what you say, but how you say it!
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Good theater is not what is expected, but what surprises.
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The bite of existence did not cut into one in Hollywood.
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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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Let men see what's coming to them, and women will get what's coming to them.
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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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Don't ever make the same mistake twice unless it pays.
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No one can have everything, so you have to try for what you want most.
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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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I wrote the story myself. It's all about a girl who lost her reputation but never missed it.
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Imagine censors that wouldn't let you sit in a man's lap. I've been in more laps than a napkin!
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Personality is the glitter that sends your little gleam across the footlights and the orchestra pit into that big black space where the audience is.
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Men are all alike - except the one you've met who's different.
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When you think about it, what other playwrights are there besides O'Neill, Tennessee and me?
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