Mae West Quotes

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I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number you get in a diamond.

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I'm glad you like my Catherine. I like her, too. She ruled thirty million people and had three thousand lovers. I do the best I can in two hours.

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Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution yet.

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I only like two kinds of men, domestic and imported.

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Women are as old as they feel and men are old when they lose their feelings.

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His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.

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I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing.

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You can say what you like about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins.

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Too many girls follow the line of least resistance, but a good line is hard to resist.

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Why he'd be the kind the woman'd have to marry to get rid of.

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Why don't you come up sometime 'n see me? I'm home every evening... come on up, I'll tell your fortune.

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I have found men who didn't know how to kiss. I've always found time to teach them.

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All discarded lovers should be given a second chance, but with somebody else.

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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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When women go wrong, men go right after them.

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A man in love is like a clipped coupon - it's time to cash in.

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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 givin' them too much of me.

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I like a man who's good, but not too good. The good die young and I hate a dead one.

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I believe that it's better to be looked over than it is to be overlooked.

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Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from.

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Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided.

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A woman in love can't be reasonable - or she probably wouldn't be in love.

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I always did like a man in a uniform. That one fits you grand. Why don't you come up sometime and see me? I'm home every evening.

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Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.

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Marriage is a fine institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.

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I was once so poor I didn't know where my next husband was coming from.

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Success is a two-bladed golden sword; it knights one and stabs one at the same time.

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Come up and see me when you've got nothing to do and a lot of time to do it.

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There are no good girls gone wrong, just bad girls found out.

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When caught between two evils, I generally like to take the one I never tried.

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