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“Who has not asked himself at some time or other: am I a monster or is this what it means to be a person?”
― Clarice Lispector, A Hora da Estrela

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“And I want to be held down. I don't know what to do with the horrifying freedom that can destroy me.”
― Clarice Lispector, The Passion According to G.H.

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“And it's inside myself that I must create someone who will understand.”
― Clarice Lispector

tags: absurdism

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#4

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
― Mae West

tags: humor, life

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#5

“There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out.”
― Mae West

tags: women

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#6

“I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.”
― Mae West

tags: humor, temptation

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#7

“Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.”
― Mae West

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#8

“When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better. ”
― Mae West

tags: goodness, sexuality, virtue

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#9

“I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure.”
― Mae West

tags: humor, life

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#10

“Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.”
― Mae West, The Wit and Wisdom of Mae West

tags: ambition, disobedience, empowerment, girls, goodness, naughty, promiscuity, risque, self-determination, wickedness, women

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#11

“A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.”
― Mae West

tags: confidence, relationships, women

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#12

“It's not the men in your life that matters, it's the life in your men.”
― Mae West

tags: life, men

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#13

“I never said it would be easy, I only said it would be worth it.”
― Mae West

tags: inspirational, religious

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#14

“Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.”
― Mae West

tags: complacency, morality, surprise

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#15

“It is better to be looked over than overlooked.”
― Mae West

tags: independent, strong-women, tough-lady

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#16

“Love thy neighbor -- and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier.”
― Mae West

tags: innuendo

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#17

“Women like a man with a past, but they prefer a man with a present.”
― Mae West

tags: innuendo

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#18

“Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?”
― Mae West

tags: arousal, horniness, promiscuity

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#19

“A woman in love can't be reasonable--or she probably wouldn't be in love.”
― Mae West

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#20

“I never loved another person the way I loved myself.”
― Mae West

tags: innuendo, inspirational, naughty, self-esteem

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#21

“I only read biographies, metaphysics and psychology. I can dream up my own fiction.”
― Mae West

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#22

“I'm a woman of very few words, but lots of action.”
― Mae West

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#23

“An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.”
― Mae West

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#24

“No one can have everything, so you have to try for what you want most.”
― Mae West

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#25

“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.”
― Mae West

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#26

“Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I'm tired.”
― Mae West

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#27

“If I had known I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself.”
― Mae West

tags: old-age

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#28

“Men are all alike - except the one you've met who's different.”
― Mae West

tags: humor-men, relationships

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#29

“Brains are an asset, if you hide them.”
― Mae West

tags: playing-dumb, sexism, sexism-in-show-business

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#30

“What's the good of resisting temptation? There'll always be more.”
― Mae West

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