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 WESTIt’s not what you can do, but the way you do it that counts.
More Mae West Quotes
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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.
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Curve: The loveliest distance between two points.
MAE WESTCurve: The loveliest distance between two points.
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Sex is an emotion in motion.
MAE WESTSex is an emotion in motion.
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I only read biographies, metaphysics and psychology. I can dream up my own fiction.
MAE WESTI only read biographies, metaphysics and psychology. I can dream up my own fiction.
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Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.
MAE WESTGood girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.
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Flattery will get you everywhere.
MAE WESTFlattery will get you everywhere.
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Words should be used as tools of communication and not as a substitute for action.
MAE WESTWords should be used as tools of communication and not as a substitute for action.
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I freely chose the kind of life I led because I was convinced that a woman has as much right as a man to live the way she does if she does no actual harm to society.
MAE WESTI freely chose the kind of life I led because I was convinced that a woman has as much right as a man to live the way she does if she does no actual harm to society.
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The best way to learn to be a lady is to see how other ladies do it.
MAE WESTThe best way to learn to be a lady is to see how other ladies do it.
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Dress gives one the outward sign from which people in general can, and often do, judge upon the inward state of mind and feelings.
MAE WESTDress gives one the outward sign from which people in general can, and often do, judge upon the inward state of mind and feelings.
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When women go wrong, men go right after them.
MAE WESTWhen women go wrong, men go right after them.
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Don’t cry for a man who’s left you, the next one may fall for your smile.
MAE WESTDon’t cry for a man who’s left you, the next one may fall for your smile.
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Is that a pistol in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
MAE WESTIs that a pistol in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
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Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
MAE WESTVirtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
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Don’t marry a man to reform him – that’s what reform schools are for.
MAE WESTDon’t marry a man to reform him – that’s what reform schools are for.
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