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Flattery will get you everywhere.

Mae West

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Mae West
Age: 87 †
Born: 1893
Born: August 17
Died: 1980
Died: November 22
Actor
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Comedian
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Mary Jane West
Jane West
Flattery
Everywhere

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Never ask a man where's he's been. If he's out on legitimate business, he doesn't need an alibi. And, girls, if he has been out on illegitimate business, it's your own fault.
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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 always say, keep a diary and someday it'll keep you.
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I meet a man with a thousand dollars and leave him with two that's the meaning of subtraction.
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She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong.
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Men are my life, diamonds are my career.
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I have found men who didn't know how to kiss. I've always found time to teach them.
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Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.
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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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I wrote the story myself. It's all about a girl who lost her reputation but never missed it.
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I’ve been things and I've seen places.
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Let men see what's coming to them, and women will get what's coming to them.
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An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.
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I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.
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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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