Mae West Quotes
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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When I lead essay workshops, I ask students to come up with at least five topics, which they'll narrow down to one. The winning idea should be the story the student is most excited to tell because it honestly reflects his or her best self.
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Working with Rosshan Andrews has been wonderful.
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I was 47 when I got pregnant. I'd been trying for a couple of years and thought it would never happen.
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If you can prove a guy did cheat, then I don't believe he belongs. I don't believe that there are any guys that did cheat, in that respect, that are in the Hall of Fame. So I think opening up the doors to guys that admittedly cheated or are proven that they did cheat, it kills the integrity of what the Hall of Fame stands for.
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I know all the critics.
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In my books, there is no 'ugly duckling turning into a beautiful swan' syndrome because if you look at the Hansel and Gretel syndrome, it was a mistake. It wasn't a duckling, it was a cygnet, and that's why it turned into a swan. The duckling should with any luck turn into a nice clucking duck and get on with its life. Cluck! Cluck! Cluck!
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Vegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut of meat.
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One of the biggest problems with the modern feminist movement is its failure to bring men along with us.
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I'm one of those actresses that really enjoys staying home with my children. To be told you've got to get to work, it is just unbelievable what it does to you.
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Comedians paint ourselves into corners all the time, and tastes in comedy change. The guy in 'The Hangover' was a really fun character to do, and it was easy to do. But you have to find other things because audiences will let you do that for a little bit, and then they're like, 'What else do you have for us, monkey?'
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I did not love reading, spelling, math and science. I struggled. I was a terrible speller.
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I think it's cool people love to hate me.
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You know what a champion is? A champion is someone who's ready when the gong rings - not just before, not just after - but when it rings.
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I look upon another's insistence on the merits of his or her life - duties, intellect, accomplishment - and see that most of it is nonsense.
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Of course I'm naughty. I've always had to compete for attention, you see.
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Whatever the right hand findeth to do, the left hand carries a watch on its wrist to show how long it takes to do it.
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And my marriage was perfect when I wasn't famous.
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In journalism it is simpler to sound off than it is to find out. It is more elegant to pontificate than it is to sweat.
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I'm not super-patriotic, but the U.S. is where I live, and it's the passport that I carry.
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I love British bands.
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Children are capable of such open rudeness.
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I'm rediscovering Scotland; I'm falling in love with it again.
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I write what I write in the way that I write it. I'm not being abstract, you know. I'm talking about something that, you know, is a part of my life.
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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.
