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I'm a good woman for a bad man.

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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Diamonds talk, and I can stand listenin' to 'em often.
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Goodness, what beautiful diamonds!' 'Goodness had nothing to do with it'.
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