Mae West

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

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

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

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

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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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"Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before."

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

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

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

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

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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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"Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before."

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

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

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"When I'm good, I'm very good. But when I'm bad I'm better."

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"Too much of a good thing can be wonderful."

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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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"A hard man is good to find."

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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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"Too much of a good thing can be taxing."

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

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

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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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"Love thy neighbor - and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier."

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

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"Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache."

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

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

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

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

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"A man's kiss is his signature."

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

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

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"When women go wrong, men go right after them."

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

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

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

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

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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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"When women go wrong, men go right after them."

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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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"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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Featured Quotes by Mae West

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

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

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

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

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

"Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before."

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

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

"When I'm good, I'm very good. But when I'm bad I'm better."

"Too much of a good thing can be wonderful."

"When I'm good I'm very, very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better."

"A hard man is good to find."

"I like a man who's good, but not too good - for the good die young, and I hate a dead one."

"Too much of a good thing can be taxing."

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

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

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

"Love thy neighbor - and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier."

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

"Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache."

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

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

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

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

"A man's kiss is his signature."

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

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

"When women go wrong, men go right after them."

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

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

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

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

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

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

"When women go wrong, men go right after them."

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

"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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