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Mae West was an American actress born on August 17, 1893. She was known for her bold personality and witty one-liners, becoming a symbol of female empowerment in the early 20th century. West gained fame for her performances in films like She Done Him Wrong and I'm No Angel, where she showcased her comedic talent and charm. Her influence on Hollywood and popular culture is significant, and she remains an iconic figure in film history. Mae West passed away on November 22, 1980.
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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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"Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office."

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"Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly."

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"He's the kind of man a woman would have to marry to get rid of."

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"Look your best - who said love is blind?"

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"Don't marry a man to reform him - that's what reform schools are for."

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"An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises."

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"If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning."

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"I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it."

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"Personally, I like two types of men - domestic and foreign."

Men,
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"Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache."

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"Opportunity knocks for every man, but you have to give a woman a ring."

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"Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I'm tired."

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

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"Any time you've got nothing to do and lots of time to do it come on up."

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"A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire, women will like him."

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"I like restraint, if it doesn't go too far."

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"I used to be Snow White, but I drifted."

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"She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong."

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"His mother should have thrown him out and kept the stork."

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"I'm a woman of very few words, but lots of action."

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"I speak two languages, Body and English."

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"It's not the men in my life that count, it's the life in my men."

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"It's hard to be funny when you have to be clean."

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

Man,
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"He who hesitates is a damned fool."

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"I'd like to see Paris before I die. Philadelphia will do."

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"Love isn't an emotion or an instinct - it's an art."

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"You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough."

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

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"It takes two to get one in trouble."

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"I see you're a man with ideals. I better be going before you've still got them."

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

May,
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"Personality is the most important thing to an actress's success."

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

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"Right now 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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"Any time you got nothing to do - and lots of time to do it - come on up."

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"Give a man a free hand and he'll run it all over you."

Man,
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"I only have 'yes' men around me. Who needs 'no' men?"

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"Say what you want about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins."

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

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

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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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"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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"A man has one hundred dollars and you leave him with two dollars, that's subtraction."

Man,
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"A hard man is good to find."

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"The best way to hold a man is in your arms."

Man,
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"One and one is two, and two and two is four, and five will get you ten if you know how to work it."

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"I believe in censorship. I made a fortune out of it."

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