Mae West
Mae West
Mary Jane "Mae" West was an American actress, singer, playwright, screenwriter, comedian and sex symbol whose entertainment career spanned seven decades...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth17 August 1893
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
positive-life feelings you-only-live-once
Positive thoughts generate positive feelings and attract positive life experiences. You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
funny business commitment
An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.
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I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
coffee cups euthanasia
If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning.
relationship boyfriend being-single
Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.
sarcastic witty humorous
I never said it would be easy, I only said it would be worth it.
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No one can have everything, so you have to try for what you want most.
stars thinking clothes
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.
marriage book stories
Marriage is like a book. The whole story takes place between the covers.
careers long misunderstood
In my long and colorful career, one thing stands out: I have been misunderstood.
bed able lasts
To her British lover about to climb in bed with 80-something Mae: She said that she hoped soon to be able to say what Paul Revere said - 'The British are coming'. This was the last one-liner Mae ever uttered on film.
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I only read biographies, metaphysics and psychology. I can dream up my own fiction.
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Don't marry a man to reform him - that's what reform schools are for.
hem littles way
[On the metaphysical:] ... I knew in some marvelous way I had touched the hem of the unknown. And being me, I wanted to lift that hemline a little bit more.