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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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I only have 'yes' men around me. Who needs 'no' men?
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I always say, keep a diary and someday it'll keep you.
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Sex with love is the greatest thing in life. But sex without love--that's not so bad either.
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A real farmer. He spent his childhood in the wheat, and his marriage in the hay.
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If you put your foot in it, be sure it's your best foot.
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I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
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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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His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.
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