"what's life good fer anyhow? The minute you crawl into the world for no good reason of yer own, it's got you licked four ways from the ace."
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"I meet a man with a thousand dollars and leave him with two; that's the meaning of subtraction."
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"I believe in the single standard -- for men and women."
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"Reason was nowhere, time was an immovable object nailed high on the wall, except where the world kept shop."
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"Live close, visit often."
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"Imagine censors that wouldn't let you sit in a man's lap. I've been in more laps than a napkin!"
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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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"I'm the girl that works at Paramount all day, and Fox all night."
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"Hollywood was like a mouse being followed by a cat called television."
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"Men are my life, diamonds are my career."
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"Tira begins to sing "I'm No Angel" to him as the screen fades: Baby, I can warm you with this love of mine. I'm No Angel. Aw, let me feel my fingers running through your hair, I can give you kisses. . . ."
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