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Marriage? I ain't got time for a husband or child. All my life I've looked after myself as if I was my own child.

Mae West

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Mae West
Age: 87 †
Born: 1893
Born: August 17
Died: 1980
Died: November 22
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Goodness, what beautiful diamonds!' 'Goodness had nothing to do with it'.
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There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out.
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Live close, visit often.
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An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.
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Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.
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Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.
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Always remember honey. A good motto is: Take all you can get and give as little as possible.
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I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
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She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong.
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Don't ever make the same mistake twice unless it pays.
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