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Mae West Quotes

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

"Mae West: 'YOLO,' Before YOLO Was a Thing", bigthink.com. September 25, 2015.

Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.

Klondike Annie (motion picture) (1936) See Homer 5

Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?

"MIT Students Develop A Wearable That Detects Emotions In Speech" by Logan Strain, wearablezone.com. February 09, 2017.

Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.

Goodness Had Nothing to DoWith It ch. 21 (1959)

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.

My Little Chickadee (motion picture) (1940) See Balzac 1; Clementina Graham 1; Wilde 25; Wilde 53

The best way to behave is to misbehave.

Mae West (1967). “The wit and wisdom of Mae West”

I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.

In Joseph Weintraub Peel Me a Grape (1975) p. 47

It is better to be looked over than overlooked.

Belle of the Nineties (motion picture) (1934)