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Hugh Hefner If they say Hef, they know me. If they say Hugh, they don't.
I have slept with thousands of women, and they all still like me.
Women were the major beneficiary of the sexual revolution. It permitted
them to be natural sexual beings, as men are. That's where feminism
should have
been all along. Unfortunately, within feminism, there has been
a puritan,
prohibitionist element that is antisexual.
Playboy is the antidote to puritanism.
In the 1950s and '60s, there were still states that outlawed birth
control,
so I started funding court cases to challenge that. At the same
time, I
helped sponsor the lower-court cases that eventually led to Roe
v. Wade. We
were the amicus curiae in Roe v. Wade. I was a feminist before
there was
such a thing as feminism. That's a part of history very few people
know.
Sex is the driving force on the planet. We should embrace it, not
see it as Every man should have a Hitachi Wand. It's a very good vibrator.
We're separated by our myths.
One of the problems with organized religion is that it has always
kept women
in a second-class position. They have been viewed as the daughters
of Eve.
I stand in total awe of existence. I don't pretend to know what
it's about.
My best pick-up line is "My name is Hugh Hefner."
Most people don't have much of a clue as to why they act the way
they do.
Usually when they're angry, they're not angry about what they think
they're
angry about.
It's good to be selfish. But not so self-centered that you never
listen to
other people.
My life has been a quest for a world where the words to the songs
are true.
Not the songs today. Not "Who Let the Dogs Out." The
romantic songs.
Gershwin, Cole Porter . . .
Hollywood has many, many excesses and a great many not very nice
people, but
that's true anywhere. The difference between Hollywood and New
York is that
it's all out in the open.
Living in the moment, thinking about the future, and staying connected
to
the past: That's what makes me feel whole.
A lot of people go through life never quite understanding that
if things
aren't as wonderful as they should be, it's their own fault.
This is the blessing of humankind, what separates us from the animals:
to
dream.
When I'm alone, masturbation isn't bad. But I don't spend a lot
of time
alone.
There's a real hypocrisy about people who pursue fame for the first
half of
their lives and then pretend to resent it afterward.
What surprises me about getting older is that I remain so young.
If you
don't have a sense of humor about life and yourself, then you are
old.
Loneliness doesn't have much to do with where you are.
Gloria Steinem said that a woman needs a man like a fish needs
a bicycle.
And now she's married to a wealthy guy. So what does that say to
you?
Everybody, if they've got their head on straight, wants to be a
sexual
object, among other things. They want to be attractive. Otherwise,
what a
sad and pathetic life. To really live a worthwhile life is to be
attracted
to and attractive to other people.
One of the great ironies in our society is that we celebrate freedom
and
then limit the parts of life where we should be most free.
When you are in a position to not be a nice person, that's when
you find out
who you really are.
I wake up every day and go to bed every night knowing I'm the luckiest
guy
on the fucking planet.
My house is pretty much in order. When it comes, it comes. But
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