Mae West
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Biography
Mary Jane "Mae" West was an American actress, singer, comedian, screenwriter, and playwright whose career spanned more than seven decades. Recognized as a prominent sex symbol of her time, she was known for portraying sexually confident characters and for her use of double entendres, often delivering her lines in a distinctive contralto voice.
"You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough."
"There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out."
"Love isn't an emotion or an instinct - it's an art."
"Personality is the most important thing to an actress's success."
"Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from."
"I wrote the story myself. It's about a girl who lost her reputation and never missed it."
"Good sex is like good bridge. If you don't have a good partner, you'd better have a good hand."
"When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better."
"I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure."
"I'm single because I was born that way."
"A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up."
"It's not the men in your life that matters, it's the life in your men."
"Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided."
"I never said it would be easy, I only said it would be worth it."
"You are never too old to become younger!"
"Getting married is like trading in the adoration of many for the sarcasm of one."
"I never loved another person the way I loved myself."
"She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong."
"I only read biographies, metaphysics and psychology. I can dream up my own fiction."
"Goodness had nothing to do with it."
"Goodness had nothing to do with it, dearie."
"Why don't you come up sometime and see me? … Come on up, I'll tell your fortune."
"Oh, Beulah, Peel me a grape."
"I only like two kinds of men, domestic and foreign."
"It's not the men in your life that count, it's the life in your men."