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Pearl "Polly" Adler (April 16, 1900 – June 9, 1962) was an American madam and author of Russian-Jewish origin.

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I am one of those people who can't help getting a kick out of life - even when it's a kick in the teeth.

Helping, Kick, Life, People, Teeth

The women who take husbands not out of love but out of greed, to get their bills paid, to get a fine house and clothes and jewels; the women who marry to get out of a tiresome job, or to get away from disagreeable relatives, or to avoid being called an old maid -- these are whores in everything but name. The only difference between them and my girls is that my girls gave a man his money's worth.

Girl, Jobs, Husband, Disagreeable, Maid, Women

A house is not a home.

Home, House

I couldn't live my reputation down - all right then, I'd live up to it.

Down, Live, Reputation, Right

It's not a college degree that makes a writer. The great thing is to have a story to tell.

College, Degree, Degrees, Story, Writer, Writing

The only difference between them and my girls is that my girls gave a man his money's worth.

Difference, Girl, Girls, Men, Money, Worth

My home is in whatever town I'm booked.

Booked, Home, Town, Towns, Women

What it comes down to is this: the grocer, the butcher, the baker, the merchant, the landlord, the druggist, the liquor dealer, the policeman, the doctor, the city father and the politician -- these are the people who make money out of prostitution, these are the real reapers of the wages of sin.

Doctors, Father, Make, Merchant, Money, Real

Your heart often knows things before your mind does.

Heart, Knows, Life, Mind, Things

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