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No one can have everything, so you have to try for what you want most.

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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
Stage Actor
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Mary Jane West
Jane West
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Everything
Trying
Sarcastic
Witty

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Love isn't an emotion or an instinct - it's an art.
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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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Don't forget honey. Never let one man worry your mind. Find 'em, fool 'em and forget 'em.
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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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I speak two languages, Body and English.
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Always remember honey. A good motto is: Take all you can get and give as little as possible.
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I'm no angel, but I've spread my wings a bit.
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Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
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I have never loved a man as much as I have loved myself
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Everyone has the right to run his own life- even if you're heading for a crash. What I'm against is blind flying.
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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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A real farmer. He spent his childhood in the wheat, and his marriage in the hay.
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Some of the wildest men make the best pets.
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I didn't discover curves I only uncovered them.
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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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The score never interested me, only the game.
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Women want certain things in marriage--the right to a title and a front seat in the lap of luxury.
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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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You are never too old to become younger!
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