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Men are all alike - except the one you've met who's different.

Mae West

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Mae West
Age: 87 †
Born: 1893
Born: August 17
Died: 1980
Died: November 22
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Mary Jane West
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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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I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
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Flattery will get you everywhere.
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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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I have never been able to sleep with anyone. I require a full-size bed so that I can lie in the middle of it and extend my arms spreadeagle on both sides without being obstructed.
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I consider sex a misdemeanor, the more I miss, de meaner I get.
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Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.
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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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There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out.
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I see you're a man with ideals. I better be going before you've still got them.
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One more drink and I'll be under the host.
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The finest woman that ever walked the streets.
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Is that a pistol in your pocket or are you just glad to see me? (She made this remark in February 1936, at the railway station in Los Angeles upon her return from Chicago, when a Los Angeles police officer was assigned to escort her home)
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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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Men are my hobby, if I ever got married I'd have to give it up.
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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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It's not what you say, but how you say it!
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A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.
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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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Woman: You certainly know the way to a man's heart. Mae West: Funny, too, 'cause I don't know how to cook.
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