Mae West Quotes
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Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.
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The issues that we face as a country and in South Florida aren't broken down by city line or county line.
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The secret of my success with Geraldine is that she's not a putdown of women. She's smart, she's trustful, she's loyal, she's sassy.
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It's one thing if you write a song and somebody else sings it because you give the OK. But if your voice is on something and you don't get the credit, it's kind of hard.
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But you know, I always said that no one else on my block was on the radio, and it was fun.
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Obviously, marriage is not a synonym for morality. But stable marriages and families do encourage moral behavior.
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'Punk' doesn't mean Mohawks and safety pins. It's about not conforming.
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I realised there were no good role models for kids. Popeye eats spinach, but also smokes and hits people.
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So yeah, I am definitely a blues man at heart.
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It's a wonderful feeling being a bridge to the past and unite generations.
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You can't deny RCA's past and its history. I was also on Capitol Records, so I have that past history.
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The partner that you have is supposed to make you a better person, and when you're happy, you're a better person.
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Films don't decide my whole life. They are just a part of who I am. What I do in my personal life should be of no concern to the filmmakers or the fans.
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Language as a communication tool is the primary element from which literature is created. Even in pre-literate societies, it exists as songs, riddles, or epics that are chanted.
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For me, poetry is a situation - a state of being, a way of facing life and facing history.
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There's a fine line between a stream of consciousness and a babbling brook to nowhere.
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I used to have the very standard worldview. I can easily identify with people who see computers getting faster and smarter, and technology getting more and more beneficial, without seeing the other side.
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Geniuses don't have better ideas than the rest of us. They just have more of them.
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Divorce can be crazy. Man, if you're happy... Love is a beast, man. Hold on. Be prepared for any way it may go, and be honest.
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When our interests matched, the Americans have been good to us, and when the interests differed, they wanted us to mold ourselves to them, which we refused.
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What I've been conscious of, from the beginning is that I can't be Jil Sander.
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If I had it life to do all over again, I'd have been a plumber.
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Presidents are nice people. They're nice, fun-loving people who have great jobs.
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I've been in more laps than a napkin.
