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Hugh Hefner
Age: 91 †
Born: 1926
Born: April 9
Died: 2017
Died: September 27
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You know, from my point of view, I'm the luckiest cat on the planet.
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Playboy, very clearly, from the outset, has fought against the historical repression of women. The notion that we were anywhere else simply defies the reality.
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I was fortunate enough to be raised in a, in a very romantic time in terms of music, and the music itself simple reflected the much more romantic time.
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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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The difference between Marilyn Monroe and the early Pamela Anderson is not that great. What's amazing is that the taste of American men and international tastes in terms of beauty have essentially stayed the same. Styles change, but our view of beauty stays the same.
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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 dreamed impossible dreams. And the dreams turned out beyond anything I could possibly imagine. You know, from my point of view, I'm the luckiest cat on the planet.
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I remain very much connected to my childhood... I have never been too jaded or too sophisticated.
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We're separated by our myths.
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If Playboy ever loses its editorial balls, then it will deserve to be knocked over by a younger, more vigorous magazine in the coming generation. But that won't happen so long as I'm alive, I can promise you that.
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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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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'm actually a very moral guy.
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Life is too short to be living somebody else's dream.
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I was a very idealistic, very romantic kid in a very typically Midwestern Methodist repressed home. There was no show of affection of any kind, and I escaped to dreams and fantasies produced, by and large, by the music and the movies of the '30s.
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Someone once asked, 'What's your best pickup line?' I said, 'My best pickup line is, 'Hi, my name is Hugh Hefner.''
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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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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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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 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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