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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"You can do what you want, but saving love doesn't bring any interest."

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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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"March isn't the only thing that's in like a lion and out like a lamb."

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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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"Some of the wildest men make the best pets."

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"Getting married is like trading in the adoration of many for the sarcasm of one."

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"I only read biographies, metaphysics and psychology. I can dream up my own fiction."

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"Brains are an asset to the woman in love who's smart enough to hide 'em."

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"I always say, keep a diary and someday it'll keep you."

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"A man has more character in his face at forty than at twenty - he has suffered longer."

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"Diamonds talk, and I can stand listenin' to 'em often."

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"Never ask a man where's he's been. If he's out on legitimate business, he doesn't need an alibi. And, girls, if he has been out on illegitimate business, it's your own fault."

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"It isn't what I do, but how I do it. It isn't what I say, but how I say it, and how I look when I do it and say it."

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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 giving them too much of me."

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"A man in love is like a clipped coupon - it's time to cash in."

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

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"Goodness, what beautiful diamonds!' 'Goodness had nothing to do with it'."

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

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