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Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.

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Mae West
Age: 87 †
Born: 1893
Born: August 17
Died: 1980
Died: November 22
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Love isn't an emotion or an instinct - it's an art.
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I believe in censorship. I made a fortune out of it.
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A good man is hard to find -- but you'll mostly find him asleep.
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Love thy neighbor - and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier.
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I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.
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I like a man what takes his time.
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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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Live close, visit often.
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It's not what you say, but how you say it!
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To err is human, but it feels divine.
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All discarded lovers should be given a second chance, but with somebody else.
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Why don't you come up sometime 'n see me? I'm home every evening. . . . Come up. I'll tell your fortune. . . . Ah, you can be had.
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