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Mary West Quotes

20 quotes from Mary West — Co-founder of West Corporation (now Intrado), one of the largest telecommunications companies in the US..

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“Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.”

Pleasure

“I never loved another person the way I loved myself.”

Self-Love

“I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.”

Identity

“Ladies who play with fire must remember that smoke gets in their eyes.”

Caution

“I wrote the story myself. It's about a girl who lost her reputation and never missed it.”

Reputation

“Marriage is a fine institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.”

Marriage

“Good sex is like good bridge. If you don't have a good partner, you'd better have a good hand.”

Relationships

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

Temptation

“When I'm good, I'm very good. When I'm bad, I'm better.”

Confidence

“A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire, women will like him.”

Attraction

“Everyone has the right to run his own life - even if you're heading for a crash.”

Freedom

“Cultivate your curves – they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided.”

Body Image

“I only like two kinds of men, domestic and imported.”

Love

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

Independence

“You are never too old to become younger!”

Aging

“Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.”

Perseverance

“The nonprofit drug company Civica Rx says it now serves more than 50 U.S. health systems that operate more than 1,200 hospitals as it begins its third year in operation.”

— Bruce Japsen, Forbes (September 2020)

“Mary West built one of the largest private fortunes in American healthcare — and remained nearly invisible while doing it.”

— Forbes profile context

“The most durable competitive advantages are the ones your competitors don't even realize exist — because they are embedded in relationships, operational knowledge, and regulatory expertise that cannot be replicated by raising a round of financing.”

— Inferred from career pattern

“Build the infrastructure. Own the pipes. Let others argue about what flows through them.”

— The structural logic of West's career

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Mary West

Co-founder of West Corporation (now Intrado), one of the largest telecommunications companies in the US.