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Give a man a free hand and he'll try to put it all over you.

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More quotes by Mae West

When you got the personality, you don't need the nudity.

You ought to get out of those wet clothes and into a dry martini.

Every Day's a Holiday (1937)

It's not the men in your life that count, it's the life in your men.

I'm No Angel (1933)

Give a man a free hand and he'll run it all over you.

I only like two kinds of men, domestic and foreign.

I'm No Angel (1933)

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