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Mae West
Age: 87 †
Born: 1893
Born: August 17
Died: 1980
Died: November 22
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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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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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It is better to be looked over than overlooked.
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I like a man what takes his time.
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It isn't what I do, but how I do it. It isn't what I say, but how I say it, and how I look when I do it and say it.
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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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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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Never ask a man where he has been.
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It takes two to get one in trouble.
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To err is human, but it feels divine.
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Goodness, what beautiful diamonds!' 'Goodness had nothing to do with it'.
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You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
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Why don’t you come up and have a little ... scotch and sofa?
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All the raves were just words. You don't want to let words confuse you. Words come cheap.
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Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
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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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Kiss and make up-but too much makeup has ruined many a kiss.
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Just a little sheep dip. Panacea for all stomach ailments.
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You are never too old to become younger!
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When I'm good, I'm very good. But when I'm bad I'm better.
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