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I've been in 'Who's Who' and I know what's what, but it'll be the first time I ever made the dictionary.

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
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Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
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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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[On the metaphysical:] ... I knew in some marvelous way I had touched the hem of the unknown. And being me, I wanted to lift that hemline a little bit more.
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Men are my hobby, if I ever got married I'd have to give it up.
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