“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.” RealityHistoricalNotionRepressionPlayboy Author:Hugh Hefner
“The notion that Playboy exploited women, because we showed them in beautiful photographs, sexually oriented, strikes me as rather bizarre.” BeautifulNotionPhotographStrikesBizarreSexuallyPlayboy Author:Hugh Hefner
“It is the beauty of women, and the fact that they are the focus, that they are sex objects in a positive sense, is the reason we have civilization.” ReasonFactsSexFocusObjectsCivilizationWomen Beauty Author:Hugh Hefner
“It's women who have embraced their own sexuality, it's why women wear makeup, it's why they wear high heels. It's what civilization is all about.” CivilizationSexualityMakeupHeelsHigh Heels Author:Hugh Hefner
“I do think the reality is, there is a general recognition of what I've accomplished.” ThinkingRealityRecognitionAccomplished Author:Hugh Hefner
“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.” HomeCreationResponseRaisedTypicalRepressionPlayboy Author:Hugh Hefner
“I tried to make some difference, and I think I managed to do that.” ThinkingDifferences Author:Hugh Hefner
“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.” PeopleThinkingFeelsLittlesLosesPiecesWindMajorsSaddenedI Feel Sad Author:Hugh Hefner
