An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.


Mae West

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An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.
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An ounce of hypocracy is worth a pound of ambition.
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An ounce of patience is worth a pound of brains.
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An ounce of practice is worth a pound of preaching.
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An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.
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An ounce of intuition is worth a pound of tuition.
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An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
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An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.
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An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.
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An ounce of mirth is worth a pound of sorrow.
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An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.
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An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.
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An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.
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An ounce of wit is worth a pound of sorrow.
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An ounce of wit is worth a pound of argument
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An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest
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An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
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An ounce of hypocrisy is worth a pound of ambition.
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An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.
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An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.
MAHATMA GANDHI
An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship.
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An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship.
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An ounce of wisdom is worth more than a pound of knowledge.
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A plumber's idea of Cleopatra [Mae West].
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An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. - De Legibus, 1240.
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An ounce of practice is generally worth more than a ton of theory.
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An orgasm a day keeps the doctor away. ~Mae West
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An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with.
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An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with
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An ounce of wit that is bought, Is worth a pound that is taught.
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When put to the test, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness
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Beware you be not swallowed up in books! An ounce of love is worth a pound of knowledge.
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Beware you be not swallowed up in books! An ounce of love is worth a pound of knowledge
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Beware you be not swallowed up in books! An ounce of love is worth a pound of knowledge
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How do you do, Miss West? Mae West: How do you do what?
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An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS
An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.
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Loves conquers all things except poverty and toothache. -Mae West.
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One pound of uranium is worth about 3 million pounds worth of coal or oil.
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When women go wrong, men go right after them. -Mae West.
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I've been doing a lot of thinking about you lately. Mae West, You must be awful tired.
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A child's giggle is worth one hundred pounds of gold.
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Oh, Miss West, I've heard so much about you. Mae West: Yeah, honey, but you can't prove a thing.
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If put to the pinch, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.

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I'd give half my life for just one kiss. Mae West: Then kiss me twice.
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Here’s to all the places we went. And all the places we’ll go. And here’s me, whispering again...
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I'm not interested in dating a girl I'm not gonna marry
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An ounce of PREPARATION is better than a ton of SUFFERING.
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Some promises aren’t worth keeping.
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Truthfully, God always keeps His promises but we often break our promises.
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Why not invest your assets in the companies you really like? As Mae West said, 'Too much of a go...
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The habit of looking on the bright side of every event is worth more than a thousand pounds a year.
SAMUEL JOHNSON
The habit of looking on the best side of every event is worth more than a thousand pounds a years.
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Promises of his love, that he’d always protect me and keep me safe, filled the air around us until...
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The power of heart is much stronger than the power of mind to empower our life.
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Better an ounce of luck than a pound of gold.
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An ounce of breast milk is even more potent than the finest tequila.
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That's your average drink. A 5 ounce glass of wine, a 12 ounce beer or an ounce and a half of liquor...
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And then it was the kind of dark your eyes never adjust to.
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but there was no denying her smile. That smile could end wars and cure cancer.
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El pasado es una historia lógica. Es el sentido de lo que sucedió. Pero como el futuro todavía no...
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Kau bisa melihat masa depan kalau kau punya pemahaman dasar tentang bagaimana orang akan bersikap
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Masa depan terbentang di hadapannya, tak terhindarkan namun tak kasat mata
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A hundred load of worry will not pay an ounce of debt
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Giving up even an ounce of precious freedom is a very serious thing to do.
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Giving up even an ounce of precious freedom is a very serious thing to do.
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He has no self-doubt whatsoever. Not an ounce of it,
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Ladies who play with fire must remember that smoke gets in their eyes.
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Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.
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I'm single because I was born that way.
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I only like two kinds of men; domestic and foreign.
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I go for two kinds of men. The kind with muscles, and the kind without.
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When you get the personality, you don't need the nudity.
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When I have to choose between two evils, I always try to pick the one I haven't tried before.
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Goodness had nothing to do with it, dearie.
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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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I wrote the story myself. It's all about a girl who lost her reputation but never missed it.
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You're never too old to become younger
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Nobody dies from lack of sex. It's lack of love we die from.
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Sex is an emotion in motion
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It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.
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I speak two languages, Body and English.
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Men are easy to get but hard to keep.
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Kiss and make up--but too much makeup has ruined many a kiss.
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Too much of a good thing can be wonderful!
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Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided.
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If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning.
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A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.
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It takes two to get one in trouble.
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An orgasm a day keeps the doctor away
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Women with "pasts" interest men because men hope that history will repeat itself.
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Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I'm tired.
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Virtue has its own reward, but has no sale at the box office.
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His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork
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To err is human, but it feels divine.
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A man has more character in his face at forty than at twenty--he has suffered longer.
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I only like two kinds of men, domestic and imported.
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I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing.
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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 keep a man guessing too long - he's sure to find the answer somewhere else
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Love conquers all things except poverty and a toothache.
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Loves conquers all things except poverty and toothache. -Mae West.
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It ain't sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.
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Flattery will get you everywhere.
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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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The best way to find your perfect match is to meet love halfway.
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Don't marry a man to reform him--that's what reform schools are for.
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When I'm good I'm very, very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better.
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Girls, give all your gentlemen friends an even break, even if you have to break them in the attempt.
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I'm no angel, but I've spread my wings a bit.
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There are no withholding taxes on the wages of sin.
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He's the kind of man who picks his friends...to pieces.
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When choosing between two evils, I always like to take the one I've never tried before
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You ain't no oil paintin' but you are a fascinatin' monster.
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I was Snow White but I drifted.
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Some men are all right in their place--if they only knew the right places!
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Let men see what's coming to them, and women will get what's coming to them.
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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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Ohhhhh! I feel like a million but, I'll take'em one at a time!
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I've been doing a lot of thinking about you lately. Mae West, You must be awful tired.
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I'd give half my life for just one kiss. Mae West: Then kiss me twice.
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I only like two kinds of men: domestic and foreign.
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I believe in the single standard for men and women.
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I believe in censorship. After all, I made a fortune out of it.
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Virtue has its own reward, but no box office.
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A man has one hundred dollars and you leave him two--that's subtraction.
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I'm tired, send one of them home
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Give a man a free hand and he'll try to put it all over you.
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Do not marry a man to reform him. That is what reform schools are for.
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Whenever I have to choose between two evils, I always like to try the one I haven't tried before.
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I can always tell a lady when I see one. Yeah? What do you tell 'em?
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I always say, keep a diary, and some day it'll keep you.
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No gold-digging for me... I take diamonds! We may be off the gold standard someday.
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A man in the house is worth two in the street.
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I didn't discover curves; I only uncovered them.
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Don't come crawlin' to a man for love--he likes to get a run for his money.
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A man's kiss is his signature.
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Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
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I've been rich and I've been poor. Believe me, rich is better.
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I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.
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The score never interested me, only the game.
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The curve is more powerful than the sword.
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Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.
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Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.
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He who hesitates is last
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I take it out in the open and laugh at it.
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