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" Life is too short to be living somebody else's dream. "
Hugh Hefner
Short
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" Even when I was young, I said age is largely a state of mind if you're healthy. "
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" It is women who have traditionally, historically been given non-human roles, perceived as simply the daughters of Eve, perceived as either Madonna or whore. And I think that it is the sexual revolution that plays one part in female emancipation. "
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" To pursue your dreams, to have them come true, to have made a difference, to have changed society, to have fought against powerful forces... that's a life well-spent. "
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" I think everyone should get married. I just took a little longer than usual. "
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" People get their information in different ways now. And we are a little poorer for it, because the way you get information affects what you learn. "
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" I'm never going to grow up. Staying young is what it is all about for me. "
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" I have no plans to retire. It's the perfect combination of work and play that keeps you young. If I quit work it would be the beginning of the end for me. "
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" I have been married twice, and those were not the happiest times of my life. Part of the problem, quite frankly, is that when you get married, the romance disappears and the children arrive and the love is transferred. It shouldn't be that way, but too often it is transferred to the children. "
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