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The bite of existence did not cut into one in Hollywood.

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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Just a little sheep dip. Panacea for all stomach ailments.
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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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Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.
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Tira begins to sing I'm No Angel to him as the screen fades: Baby, I can warm you with this love of mine. I'm No Angel. Aw, let me feel my fingers running through your hair, I can give you kisses. . . .
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How tall are you big boy? Six foot nine inches! Let's go up to my place and talk about the nine inches!
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Goodness, what beautiful diamonds!' 'Goodness had nothing to do with it'.
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Some of the wildest men make the best pets.
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Everyone has the right to run his own life- even if you're heading for a crash. What I'm against is blind flying.
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what's life good fer anyhow? The minute you crawl into the world for no good reason of yer own, it's got you licked four ways from the ace.
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I like a man who's good, but not too good - for the good die young, and I hate a dead one.
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I’ve been things and I've seen places.
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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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Love thy neighbor - and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier.
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Good theater is not what is expected, but what surprises.
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A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.
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When women go wrong, men go right after them.
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Men are my hobby, if I ever got married I'd have to give it up.
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No gold-digging for me I take diamonds! We may be off the gold standard someday.
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