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Phyllis Diller's best one-liners

Phyllis Diller attends the celebrity gala opening for the national tour of "Movin Out" at the Pantages Theatre, on Sept. 17, 2004, in Hollywood, Calif. Stephen Shugerman/Getty Images

(CBS/AP) Comedienne Phyllis Diller, who died Monday morning in her Los Angeles home at the age of 95, was a staple of nightclubs and television from the 1950s till her retirement in 2002.

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Diller's stand-up act was built around the persona of the corner-cutting housewife with bizarre looks, a wardrobe to match and a husband named Fang.

Here are some of the comedienne's best one liners:

- "I once wore a peekaboo blouse. People would peek and then they'd boo."

- "I never made `Who's Who,' but I'm featured in `What's That?' "

- "When I told Fang I was going to have my face lifted, he said, `Who'd steal it?'"

- "You know you're old when your walker has an airbag."

- "I was the world's ugliest baby. When I was born, the doctor slapped everybody."

- "I became a stand-up comedienne because I had a sit-down husband."

- "My vanity table is a Black & Decker workbench."

- "The only thing domestic about me is I was born in this country."

- "They say housework can't kill you, but why take the chance?"

- "I have so many liver spots, I ought to come with a side of onions."

- "Think of me as a sex symbol for men who just don't give a damn."

- "The best contraceptive for old people is nudity."

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