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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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I’ve been things and I've seen places.
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A real farmer. He spent his childhood in the wheat, and his marriage in the hay.
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It's hard to find a good man, but it's good to find a hard one.
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Let men see what's coming to them, and women will get what's coming to them.
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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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I believe in censorship. I made a fortune out of it.
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I don't like myself, I'm crazy about myself.
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Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
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