373 Quotes by Mae West

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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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    I see you’re a man with ideals. I better be going before you’ve still got them.

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    I wrote the story myself. It’s about a girl who lost her reputation and never missed it.

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    Sometimes it seems to me I’ve known so many men that the FBI ought to come to me first to compare fingerprints.

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    The censors wouldn’t even let me sit on a guy’s lap, and I’ve been on more laps than a table-napkin.

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    Don’t keep a man guessing too long – he’s sure to find the answer somewhere else.

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

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    Well, the end of another busy day. I can’t wait till I get back to bed. If that don’t work I’ll try to sleep.

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    Words should be used as tools of communication and not as a substitute for action.

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