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I'm a woman of very few words, but lots of action.

Mae West

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Mae West
Age: 87 †
Born: 1893
Born: August 17
Died: 1980
Died: November 22
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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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There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out.
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When you get the personality, you don't need the nudity.
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March isn't the only thing that's in like a lion and out like a lamb.
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Marriage is like a book. The whole story takes place between the covers.
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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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You may admire a girl's curves on the first introduction, but the second meeting shows up new angles.
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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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Love isn't an emotion or an instinct - it's an art.
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I believe in the single standard -- for men and women.
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You gotta get up early in the morning to catch a fox and stay up late at night to get a mink.
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all pleasures should be taken in great leisure and are worth going into in detail love is not like eating a quick lunch with one's hat on.
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I speak two languages, Body and English.
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A real farmer. He spent his childhood in the wheat, and his marriage in the hay.
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I only have 'yes' men around me. Who needs 'no' men?
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I have found men who didn't know how to kiss. I've always found time to teach them.
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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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It is better to be looked over than overlooked.
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Women like a man with a past, but they prefer a man with a present
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Some women pick men to marry--and others pick them to pieces.
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