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" The business end of business has never interested me. "
Hugh Hefner
Business
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" Men's magazines in the period immediately after World War II were almost all outdoor-oriented. They were connected to some extent in the male bonding that came out of a war... And what I tried to create was a magazine for the indoor guy, but focused specifically on the single life: in other words, the period of bachelorhood before you settle down. "
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" My parents are wonderful people and they instilled in me an idealism for which I'm grateful. "
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" Being attacked by right-wing Christians did not bother me. Being attacked by liberal feminists did. "
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" It's hard to really compare new love and old love. "
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" Creating my own world in a comic or selling my first penny newspaper aged nine was a way of gaining recognition and acceptance by my peers. "
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