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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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Mae West
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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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