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


Mae West

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Do not marry a man to reform him. That is what reform schools are for.
MAE WEST
Let us reform our schools, and we shall find little reform needed in our prisons.
JOHN RUSKIN
Let us reform our schools, and we shall find little need of reform in our prisons. -John Ruskin.
JOHN RUSKIN
How do you do, Miss West? Mae West: How do you do what?
MAE WEST
Some often repent, yet never reform; they resemble a man traveling in a dangerous path, who frequent...
BONNELL THORNTON
A world class economy will need world class education - and that means continuing to reform our scho...
GORDON BROWN
To reform a man, you must begin with his grandmother.
VICTOR HUGO
For years I have been complaining about this very thing. You have the power to reform and that's wha...
JAMES NEAL
A man who marries a woman to educate her falls a victim to the same fallacy as the woman who marries...
ALPHONSE KARR
Republicans get a lot of money from big business, but they are not tied to the union dollar. As a re...
JUAN WILLIAMS
To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all but foolish men know, tha...
THOMAS CARLYLE
The promise of education reform can never be fulfilled without adequate funding, and by shortchangin...
JOSEPH LIEBERMAN
To reform the world - means to reform upbringing...
JANUSZ KORCZAK
Reform is affirmative, conservatism negative; conservatism goes for comfort, reform for truth. The C...
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
Well, that and workers' comp reform. He did lobby me for workers' comp reform, because Paul Patton a...
ATTORNEY GENERAL GREG STUMBO
A plumber's idea of Cleopatra [Mae West].
W. C. FIELDS
I believe we will stay together to fight for some real reform – education reform, health reform. I ...
BARBARA KERR
We are the friends of reform; but that is not reform, which, in curing one evil, threatens to inflic...
WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON
America needs education reform on all levels to expand quality schools, build on past successes, and...
KEVIN MCCARTHY
If man is only a little lower than the angels, the angels should reform.
MARY WILSON LITTLE
I hope to reinforce the recognition of the need for reform, ... There's a lot of nominal support for...
PAUL A. VOLCKER
It is what makes the reform process an art, not just a science. You have to develop a strategy that ...
VACLAV KLAUS
He believes it's a good idea and a step in the right direction. But he did say he would continue to ...
JANELLE ERICKSON
The share reform is the primary task for the capital market reform and development in 2006.
SHANG FULIN
I would hope that the staffs at juvenile detention centers and reform schools are carefully chosen s...
ADAM RAPP
China has undertaken several reforms related to the safety net, healthcare reform, pension reform, e...
ZHOU XIAOCHUAN
And kid Congress and the Senate, dont scold em. They are just children thats never grown up. They do...
WILL ROGERS
At twenty a man is full of fight and hope. He wants to reform the world. When he is seventy he still...
CLARENCE DARROW
At twenty a man is full of fight and hope. He wants to reform the world. When he is seventy he still...
CLARENCE DARROW
At twenty a man is full of fight and hope. He wants to reform the world. When he is seventy he stil...
CLARENCE DARROW
At twenty a man is full of fight and hope. He wants to reform the world. When he is seventy he still...
RODNEY DANGERFIELD
Leaders do not conform; they reform. If you conform, you are nurturing mediocrity. If you reform, yo...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR
What we need is fundamental tax reform.
ROB PORTMAN
I wish that the Democrats would put some effort into Social Security reform, illegal immigration'...
JACK KINGSTON
At twenty a man is full of fight and hope. He wants to reform the world. When he is seventy he still...
RODNEY DANGERFIELD
An orgasm a day keeps the doctor away. ~Mae West
LAINA CHARLESTON
We will object if the economy is being looted. The question is what type of reforms. If the reforms ...
SITARAM YECHURY
This initiative holds great promise for expanding the use of online education for students and educa...
JAMEY FITZPATRICK
I took on pension reform, health care reform, and leave reform - all of those tough issues that so m...
STEPHANIE RAWLINGS-BLAKE
With a host of proposals on the table and a President examining new ideas for health reform, we have...
RON WYDEN
The church is always trying to get other people to reform; it might not be a bad idea to reform itse...
MARK TWAIN
Here is your great soul—the man who has given himself over to Fate; on the other hand, that man is...
SENECA
I absolutely advocate for comprehensive immigration reform.
SUSANA MARTINEZ
Many people have used the argument that opening up trade leads to political reform and social reform...
ALISON REYNOLDS
I'd give half my life for just one kiss. Mae West: Then kiss me twice.
MAE WEST
We call on Congress to enact just and humane immigration reform. True immigration reform would inclu...
FELICIA MARTINEZ
We are confident that it (reform) will happen,
CELSO AMORIM
I do certainly see chances that a grand coalition can take on major reform projects and reform chall...
DIETER HUNDT
Loves conquers all things except poverty and toothache. -Mae West.
MAE WEST
What's good for reform is bad for the reformers
LOREN D. ESTLEMAN
Oh, Miss West, I've heard so much about you. Mae West: Yeah, honey, but you can't prove a thing.
MAE WEST
We want a reform that is just and fair and not a reform which is going to have such a violent disrup...
ARVIN BOOLELL
For years, comprehensive tax reform has eluded legislators.
JOHN DELANEY
The purpose of school should not be to prepare students for more school. We should be seeking to hav...
DONALYN MILLER
I would advise the middle school reform committee to keep in mind what parents want and students nee...
HEIDI CARTER
I'm intending to work on juvenile justice reform, sentencing reform, reentry, drug treatment, ac...
CORY BOOKER
California's charter schools continue to be at the forefront of successful public education reform; ...
CAPRICE YOUNG
Those born of God are called to reform their country, for that reason Christians need to have a vict...
SUNDAY ADELAJA
Every reform is only a mask under cover of which a more terrible reform, which dares not yet name it...
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
I fully expect that Congress will iron out the differences. With Social Security reform a bust, pens...
JAMES KLEIN
Intervention can be effective in the short term, but it doesn't do much to arrest the bigger issues....
BOB LYNCH
Remorse begets reform.
WILLIAM COWPER
When women go wrong, men go right after them. -Mae West.
MAE WEST
There are people with vested interest who do not want us to reform our energy sector so that we rema...
VEERAPPA MOILY
All the punishment in the world will not reform a man, unless he knows that he who inflicts it upon ...
ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL
There are no visible signs of economic reform, There's a big difference.
ANDREI LANKOV
We're all for reform. But you have to do it right.
LANCE CORCORAN
It is a dangerous thing to reform anyone.
OSCAR WILDE
The promise of education reform can never be fulfilled without adequate funding, and by shortchangin...
JOE LIEBERMAN
Every reform, however necessary, will by weak minds be carried to an excess which will itself need ...
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE
Every reform needs examples more than advocates
SENATOR JOHN KERRY
The best reformers the world has ever seen are those who commence on themselves
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, ne...
SUSAN B. ANTHONY
One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in this world are to be cured ...
THOMAS BRACKETT REED
The Bolshevists would blow up the fabric with high explosive, with horror. Others would pull down ...
DAVID LLOYD GEORGE
All zeal for a reform, that gives offence To peace and charity, is mere pretence.
WILLIAM COWPER
The oyster-women lock'd their fish up, And trudged away to cry, No Bishop.
SAMUEL BUTLER (1)
Grant that the old Adam in these persons may be so buried, that the new man may be raised up in the...
BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER
He who reforms himself has done more toward reforming the public than a crowd of noisy, impotent pat...
JOHANN KASPAR LAVATER
The hole and the patch should be commensurate.
THOMAS JEFFERSON
All reformers are bachelors.
GEORGE A. MOORE
Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations . . . can never effect...
SUSAN B. ANTHONY
Reform is born of need, not pity. No vital movement of the people has worked down, for good or evil...
REBECCA HARDING DAVIS
A conservative is someone who believes in reform. But not now.
MORT SAHL
I do not mean to be disrespectful, but the attempt of the Lords to stop the progress of reform, rem...
SYDNEY SMITH
My desolation does begin to make A better life.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Reform must come from within, not from without. You cannot legislate for virtue.
JAMES CARDINAL GIBBONS
Every abuse ought to be reformed, unless the reform is more dangerous than the abuse itself.
VOLTAIRE
Every reformation must have its victims. You can't expect the fatted calf to share the enthusiasm of...
SAKI
Every reform was once a private opinion, and when it shall be a private opinion again, it will solv...
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
The race could save one-half its wasted labor Would each reform himself and spare his neighbor.
FRANK PUTNAM
A reformer is a man who rides through a sewer in a glass-bottomed boat.
JAMES J. WALKER
What is a man born for but to be a reformer, a remaker of what has been made, a denouncer of lies, a...
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
We are working hard to reform the IRS, and it would be counterproductive at best, and very harmful a...
ROBERT RUBIN
It seems like it's more technical pieces of reform. We are a long way from the end, and we've still ...
BARRY ERWIN
It's also important to note that the point of the election was to strengthen Koizumi's reform mandat...
LUKE WADDINGTON
Any fundamental reform is a long shot, but there is no denying that the momentum behind the fair tax...
BILL AHERN
It's a little hard to swallow his reform agenda here.
RICH JUDGE
Reform of the medical liability system should be considered as part of a comprehensive response to s...
LINCOLN CHAFEE
The chief obstacle to reform is the president.
MARK KRIKORIAN

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She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong.
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I always say, keep a diary and someday it'll keep you.
MAE WEST
Keep a diary, and someday it'll keep you.
MAE WEST
I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
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Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.
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Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
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I never loved another person the way I loved myself.
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Men are my hobby, if I ever got married I'd have to give it up.
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So many men, so little time.
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It's hard to be funny when you have to be clean.
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I believe that it's better to be looked over than it is to be overlooked.
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Ladies who play with fire must remember that smoke gets in their eyes.
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I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure.
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Marriage is a fine institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.
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He who hesitates is last.
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Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from.
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Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided.
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Sex is an emotion in motion.
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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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His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.
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I never said it would be easy, I only said it would be worth it.
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He who hesitates is a damned fool.
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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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A man has one hundred dollars and you leave him with two dollars, that's subtraction.
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My advice to those who think they have to take off their clothes to be a star is, once you're boned,...
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When you get the personality, you don't need the nudity.
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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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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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You can say what you like about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins.
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It is better to be looked over than overlooked.
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The best way to learn to be a lady is to see how other ladies do it.
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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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Opportunity knocks for every man, but you have to give a woman a ring.
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I speak two languages, Body and English.
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You are doing your best only when you are trying to improve what you are doing
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The best way to behave is to misbehave.
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The best way to hold a man is in your arms.
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You can do what you want, but saving love doesn't bring any interest.
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A woman in love can't be reasonable--or she probably wouldn't be in love.
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An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.
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Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.
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I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing.
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Men are all alike--except the one you've met who's different.
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Men are easy to get but hard to keep.
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Few men know how to kiss well. Fortunately, I've always had time to teach them.
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Kiss and make up--but too much makeup has ruined many a kiss.
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I have always felt a gift diamond shines so much better than one you buy for yourself
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It's not what I do, but the way I do it. It's not what I say, but the way I say it.
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Dating should be less about matching outward circumstances than meeting your inner necessity.
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Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried.
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When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better.
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Too much of a good thing can be taxing.
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Too much of a good thing can be wonderful!
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You are never too old to become younger!
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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 man in the house is worth two on the street.
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I didn't discover curves; I only uncovered them.
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A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.
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Too much of a good thing is wonderful.
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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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It takes two to get one in trouble.
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An orgasm a day keeps the doctor away
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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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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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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've been in more laps than a 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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Loves conquers all things except poverty and toothache. -Mae West.
MAE WEST
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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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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I've been in more laps than a napkin.
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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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[Nov. 30-Dec. 10:] Dirty Blonde ... I made myself platinum, but I was born a dirty blonde.
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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.
MAE WEST
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.
MAE WEST
I'd give half my life for just one kiss. Mae West: Then kiss me twice.
MAE WEST
I only like two kinds of men: domestic and foreign.
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I believe in the single standard for men and women.
MAE WEST
I believe in censorship. After all, I made a fortune out of it.
MAE WEST
Virtue has its own reward, but no box office.
MAE WEST
A man has one hundred dollars and you leave him two--that's subtraction.
MAE WEST
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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