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I think that the major message of my life and what I hope to be remembered for is someone who managed to change the social sexual values of his time absolutely.

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Hugh Hefner
Age: 91 †
Born: 1926
Born: April 9
Died: 2017
Died: September 27
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Being attacked by right-wing Christians did not bother me. Being attacked by liberal feminists did.
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I've nailed more women than I could count... at least I think they were women
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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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I feel saddened when people who have major friendships or marriages wind up on the outs. Because I think you lose a little piece of yourself.
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The Puritans thought they could simply repress man's sexual nature, and they reaped a whirlwind as a result. Their code of sexual morality - which became America's - was nothing more than a set of rules laid down by people who believed that all pleasure was suspect.
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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.
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The notion of the single man began in the 1950's. The idea of the bachelor as a separate life was new and obscure.
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We indeed did and do own our own minds and bodies, and anything from church or state that limits that is inappropriate and inconsistent with the ... society that America is supposed to be.
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I was raised in a truly typical Midwestern home with a lot of repression. My life, and the creation of Playboy, were a response to that repression.
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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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