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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
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Mary Jane West
Jane West
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Don't forget honey. Never let one man worry your mind. Find 'em, fool 'em and forget 'em.
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Diamonds talk, and I can stand listenin' to 'em often.
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All discarded lovers should be given a second chance, but with somebody else.
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Is that a pistol in your pocket or are you just glad to see me? (She made this remark in February 1936, at the railway station in Los Angeles upon her return from Chicago, when a Los Angeles police officer was assigned to escort her home)
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It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.
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