Mae West

Actress, Singer, Screenwriter

Mae West was a groundbreaking actress and playwright known for her sharp wit and bold exploration of love and independence in her work.

Born
August 17, 1893
Died
November 22, 1980
Quotes
231
Rank
#516

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"Ladies who play with fire must remember that smoke gets in their eyes."

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"Marriage? I ain't got time for a husband or child. All my life I've looked after myself as if I was my own child."

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"Everyone has the right to run his own life- even if you're heading for a crash. What I'm against is blind flying."

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

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

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"Everything's in the mind. That's where it all starts. Knowing what you want is the first step toward getting it."

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"Women like a man with a past, but they prefer a man with a present"

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

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

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

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"I have never loved a man as much as I have loved myself"

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"Don't forget honey. Never let one man worry your mind. Find 'em, fool 'em and forget 'em."

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

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"Love is what you make it and who you make it with."

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

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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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