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When I'm good, I'm very, very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better.
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When choosing between two evils, I always like to pick the one I never tried before.
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You're no oil painting, but you're a fascinating monster.
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Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?
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Men are my hobby, if I ever got married I'd have to give it up.
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A figure with curves always offers a lot of interesting angles.
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I learned that two and two are four and five will get you ten if you know how to work it.
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Life's just a merry-go-round. Come on up. You might get a brass ring.
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Brains are an asset to the woman in love who's smart enough to hide 'em.
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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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I think censorship is necessary; the things they're doing and saying in films right now just shouldn't be allowed. There's no dignity anymore and I think that's very important.
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I believe in the single standard for men and women.
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When you got the personality, you don't need the nudity.
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Personally, I like two types of men — domestic and foreign.
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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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Don't come crawlin' to a man for love-he likes to get a run for his money.
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To her British lover about to climb in bed with 80-something Mae: She said that she hoped soon to be able to say what Paul Revere said — 'The British are coming'. This was the last one-liner Mae ever uttered on film.
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I'm the girl who lost her reputation and never missed it.
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Personality is the most important thing to an actress's success.
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A man has more character in his face at forty than at twenty - he has suffered longer.
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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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Give a man a free hand and he'll try to put it all over you.
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All pleasures should be taken in great leisure and are worth going into in detail; love is not like eating a quick lunch with one's hat on.
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Don't cry for a man who's left you—the next one may fall for your smile.
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I freely chose the kind of life I led because I was convinced that a woman has as much right as a man to live the way she does if she does no actual harm to society.
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Hiring someone to write your autobiography is like hiring someone to take a bath for you.
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To a young actor: How tall are you without your horse? Six foot, seven inches. Never mind the six feet. Let's talk about the seven inches!
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Makeup is not beauty. When artfully applied, it merely enhances what's already there—the red paint on the fire engine.
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Is that a pistol in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?
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You can do what you want, but saving love doesn't bring any interest.
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Born:
August 17, 1893
Died:
November 22, 1980
(aged 87)
Bio:
Mary Jane "Mae" West was an American actress, singer, playwright, screenwriter, and sex symbol whose entertainment career spanned seven decades.
Known for:
She Done Him Wrong (1933)
I'm No Angel (1933)
Sextette (1978)
Night After Night (1932)
My Little Chickadee (1940)
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