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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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My advice to those who think they have to take off their clothes to be a star is, once you're boned, what's left to create the illusion? Let em wonder. I never believed in giving them too much of me.
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The curve is more powerful than the sword.
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Marriage? I ain't got time for a husband or child. All my life I've looked after myself as if I was my own child.
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All discarded lovers should be given a second chance, but with somebody else.
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Kiss and make up-but too much makeup has ruined many a kiss.
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I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
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Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.
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Dennis Thatcher, husband of Margaret Thatcher, when asked who wore the pants in his house, said I do, and I also wash and iron them. I only like two kinds of men domestic and foreign.
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The best way to behave is to misbehave.
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When I'm good, I'm very good. But when I'm bad I'm better.
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You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
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I believe in the single standard -- for men and women.
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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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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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