You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

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There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out.

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I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.

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Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from.

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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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Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.

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Good sex is like good bridge. If you don't have a good partner, you'd better have a good hand.

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When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better.

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I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure.

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I'm single because I was born that way.

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Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.

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I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing.

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

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A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.

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It's not the men in your life that matters, it's the life in your men.

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Don't cry for a man who's left you--the next one may fall for your smile.

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Marriage is a fine institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.

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

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All discarded lovers should be given a second chance, but with somebody else.

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Sex is an emotion in motion.

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Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided.

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I didn't discover curves; I only uncovered them.

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The curve is more powerful than the sword.

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You may admire a girl's curves on the first introduction, but the second meeting shows up new angles.

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I never said it would be easy, I only said it would be worth it.

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Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.

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I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number you get in a diamond.

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Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.

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It is better to be looked over than overlooked.

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I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.

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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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Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.

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Love thy neighbor -- and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier.

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

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You are never too old to become younger.

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He who hesitates is a damned fool.

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Look your best - who said love is blind?

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His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.

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A woman in love can't be reasonable--or she probably wouldn't be in love.

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To err is human - but it feels divine.

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Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?

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I have found men who didn't know how to kiss. I've always found time to teach them.

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If a little is great, and a lot is better, then way too much is just about right.

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Men are my hobby, if I ever got married I'd have to give it up.

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Good women are no fun... The only good woman I can recall in history was Betsy Ross. And all she ever made was a flag.

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When women go wrong, men go right after them.

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I've no time for broads who want to rule the world alone. Without men, who'd do up the zipper on the back of your dress?

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Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.

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I never loved another person the way I loved myself.

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Keep a diary and one day it'll keep you.

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The score never interested me, only the game.

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

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JUDGE: Are you trying to show contempt for this court?

TIRA (Mae West): I was doin' my best to hide it.

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I've been things and seen places.

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Women with pasts interest men because they hope history will repeat itself.

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

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I'm a woman of very few words, but lots of action.

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An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.

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One more drink and I'll be under the host.

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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’s kiss is his signature.

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

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No one can have everything, so you have to try for what you want most.

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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've been in more laps than a napkin.

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It's all right for a perfect stranger to kiss your hand as long as he's perfect.

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Don't marry a man to reform him - that's what reform schools are for.

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I saw what a mess a lot of people could make of their lives when they're smitten. Some of them go temporarily insane. They find a person who they think holds the key to their happiness - the only key to their happiness... My work has always been my greatest happiness.

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The best way to hold a man is in your arms.

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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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A hard man is good to find.

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"Goodness, what beautiful diamonds!"

"Goodness had nothing to do with it."

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Men are like linoleum floors. Lay 'em right and you can walk all over

them for years.

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Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I'm tired.

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If I had known I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself.

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A man in the house is worth two on the street.

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Men are all alike - except the one you've met who's different.

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

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I only like two kinds of men, domestic and foreign.

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Woman: "You certainly know the way to a man's heart."

Mae West: "Funny, too, 'cause I don't know how to cook."

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"I changed my mind."

"Does it work any better?"

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Brains are an asset, if you hide them.

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I've been rich and I've been poor, and rich is better.

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When in doubt, take a bath.

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What's the good of resisting temptation? There'll always be more.

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Sex with love is the greatest thing in life. But sex without love — that's not so bad either.

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If I can't have a man with a million dollars, I'll have a million men with one dollar.