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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Mae West
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About Mae West
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. West began performing in vaudeville and on stage in New York City before moving on to film in Los Angeles.
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by Mae WestA man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire, women will like him.
When women go wrong, men go right after them.
Any time you got nothing to do - and lots of time to do it - come on up.
Personality is the most important thing to an actress's success.
She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong.
Personally, I like two types of men - domestic and foreign.
It's not the men in my life that count, it's the life in my men.
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Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I'm tired.
When women go wrong, men go right after them.
I only like two kinds of men, domestic and imported.
I only have 'yes' men around me. Who needs 'no' men?
A man's kiss is his signature.
He's the kind of man a woman would have to marry to get rid of.
Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.
Look your best - who said love is blind?
Love isn't an emotion or an instinct - it's an art.
Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.
A woman in love can't be reasonable - or she probably wouldn't be in love.
Love thy neighbor - and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier.
It's not the men in my life that count, it's the life in my men.
Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I'm tired.
Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.
Too much of a good thing can be taxing.
I like a man who's good, but not too good - for the good die young, and I hate a dead one.