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Men are my life, diamonds are my career.

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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Autobiographer
Comedian
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Singer
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Mary Jane West
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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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Don't cry for a man who's left you--the next one may fall for your smile.
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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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An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.
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A man has more character in his face at forty than at twenty - he has suffered longer.
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Girls, give all your gentlemen friends an even break, even if you have to break them in the attempt.
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