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" When I was four, we moved to the house on the west side of Chicago where I grew up. My earliest memories are of that first summer. "
Hugh Hefner
Summer
Chicago
House
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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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" 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. "
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" I separated ways from the American feminist movement when they became anti-sexual. I believe embracing sexuality is a part of what it means to be free. "
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" Historically the Puritans left England to escape religious persecution, and they promptly turned around and started persecuting the people they didn't agree with - the scarlet letter A, and the stocks and the dunking board came from that. That puritanism is still there. "
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" The people who had the most impact on me when I was young were Freud and Darwin, but growing up I also had my film idols. "
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" I was very influenced by the musicals and romantic comedies of the 1930s. I admired Gene Harlow and such, which probably explains why, since the end of my marriage, I've dated nothing but a succession of blondes. "
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" I have very strong theories about magazine publishing. And I think that it is the most personal form of journalism. And I think that a magazine is an old friend. "
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" I guess you could say, I'm just a typical Methodist kid at heart. "
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" 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. "
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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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" 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. "
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" I think everyone should get married. I just took a little longer than usual. "
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" If you let society and your peers define who you are, you're the less for it. "
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" Could I be in a better place and happier than I am today? I don't think so. "
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" The interesting thing is how one guy, through living out his own fantasies, is living out the fantasies of so many other people. "
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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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" When 'Penthouse' and 'Hustler' came along, they confused what I was trying to do. Before they arrived, we were perceived as a sophisticated men's magazine. "
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Magazine
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" The whole 1950s notion was find the right girl, get married, move to the suburbs and then hang out with the guys while she stayed home with the babies. I felt that was sort of sad. "
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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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" The business end of business has never interested me. "
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" In my wildest dreams, I could not have imagined a sweeter life. "
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" Being attacked by right-wing Christians did not bother me. Being attacked by liberal feminists did. "
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" Men project their fantasies onto me; they live them through who they think I am. "
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" Ageism is a variation of racism or sexism, all the other isms. "
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" Picasso had his pink period and his blue period. I am in my blonde period right now. "
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" The Westwood Cemetery is just a few blocks from my home, and a number of my very dear friends are buried there. "
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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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" I looked back on the roaring Twenties - with its jazz, 'Great Gatsby,' and the pre-Code films - as a party I had somehow managed to miss. After World War Two, I expected something similar, a return to the period after the first war, but when the skirt lengths went down instead of up, I knew we were in big trouble. "
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" I guess I'm the most successful man I know. I wouldn't trade places with anybody in the world. "
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