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" There's almost a Rorschach-test quality about writing about 'Playboy'. What comes out in the press is not so much about me as it is about society. "

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" I remain very much connected to my childhood... I have never been too jaded or too sophisticated. "

" The notion of the single man began in the 1950's. The idea of the bachelor as a separate life was new and obscure. "

" If I ever try to get married again, shoot 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. "

" I was an absent dad. Once the magazine started, I really had two families. The dream was the magazine. I worked through the night all the time. "

" In my own words, I played some significant part in changing the social-sexual values of our time. I had a lot of fun in the process. "

" The women's movement, from my point of view, was part of the larger sexual revolution that 'Playboy' had played such a large part in. The reality is that the major beneficiaries of the sexual revolution are women. "

" Someone once asked, 'What's your best pickup line?' I said, 'My best pickup line is, 'Hi, my name is Hugh Hefner.' "

" It's good to be selfish. But not so self-centered that you never listen to other people. "

" Picasso had his pink period and his blue period. I am in my blonde period right now. "

" I always say now that I'm in my blonde years. Because since the end of my marriage, all of my girlfriends have been blonde. "

" Being attacked by right-wing Christians did not bother me. Being attacked by liberal feminists did. "

" There were chunks of my life when I was married, and when I was married, I never cheated. But I made up for it when I wasn't married. You have to keep your hand in. "

" Part of the concept behind the magazine was breaking barriers. And it wasn't just a sexual thing. It was racial and doing the things that were right. And in the process, that set 'Playboy' apart. "

" For me, the magazine was always the heart of what my life was all about, and the other half was living the life. "

" 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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" I don't have dinner parties - I eat my dinner in bed. "

" Living in the moment, thinking about the future, and staying connected to the past: That's what makes me feel whole. "

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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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