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A good man is hard to find -- but you'll mostly find him asleep.

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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Mary Jane West
Jane West
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Mostly
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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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More people saw me than saw Napoleon, Lincoln and Cleopatra. I was better known than Einstein and Picasso. ... I changed the fashion of two continents. The style of the Gay Nineties became the rage ... women were trying to walk and talk like me. Women became more sex-conscious - sex was out in the open and fun.
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Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
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Diamonds talk, and I can stand listenin' to 'em often.
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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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Women like a man with a past, but they prefer a man with a present
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Live close, visit often.
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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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Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.
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I'm a woman of very few words, but lots of action.
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Don't come crawlin' to a man for love-he likes to get a run for his money.
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Love isn't an emotion or an instinct - it's an art.
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Goodness, what beautiful diamonds!' 'Goodness had nothing to do with it'.
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All the raves were just words. You don't want to let words confuse you. Words come cheap.
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Marriage is like a book. The whole story takes place between the covers.
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It isn't what I do, but how I do it. It isn't what I say, but how I say it, and how I look when I do it and say it.
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