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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
Actor
Actress
Autobiographer
Comedian
Film Actor
Playwright
Screenwriter
Singer
Stage Actor
Television Actor
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Brooklyn
New York
Mary Jane West
Jane West
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Hollywood
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Existence

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Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.
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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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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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Hiring someone to write your autobiography is like hiring someone to take a bath for you
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One more drink and I'll be under the host.
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Some of the wildest men make the best pets.
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Men are my life, diamonds are my career.
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Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
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I don't like myself, I'm crazy about myself.
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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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A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.
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Personality is the glitter that sends your little gleam across the footlights and the orchestra pit into that big black space where the audience is.
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I speak two languages, Body and English.
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Hollywood was like a mouse being followed by a cat called television.
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I have always felt a gift diamond shines so much better than one you buy for yourself.
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An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.
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You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
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