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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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I wrote the story myself. It's all about a girl who lost her reputation but never missed it.
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Don't cry for a man who's left you--the next one may fall for your smile.
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Just a little sheep dip. Panacea for all stomach ailments.
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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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Sometimes I don't drink so the next day I can remember having fun.
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Brains are an asset, if you hide them.
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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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Men are all alike - except the one you've met who's different.
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An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.
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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'm a woman of very few words, but lots of action.
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I don't like myself, I'm crazy about myself.
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A good man is hard to find -- but you'll mostly find him asleep.
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I speak two languages, Body and English.
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Some of the wildest men make the best pets.
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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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You may admire a girl's curves on the first introduction, but the second meeting shows up new angles.
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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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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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