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title: "2 Hurtful Quotes By Hugh Hefner"
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> [Nothing goes on forever. I think that's one of the illusions of life. When I talk about my life being an extension of my dreams and fantasies, there's a tendency to think of them as immature. I live in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-hefner/nothing-goes-on-forever-i-think-that-s-one-of-the-illusions-of-life/)

[Hugh Hefner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-hefner/)

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> [I can remember in my adolescence feeling that many of the things that were hurtful and hypocritical in society were things related to sex. They included the kind of censorship laws that existed in the movies and books when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-hefner/i-can-remember-in-my-adolescence-feeling-that-many-of-the-things-that/)

[Hugh Hefner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-hefner/)

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## More by Hugh Hefner

> [My life is an open book. With illustrations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-hefner/my-life-is-an-open-book-with-illustrations/)

[Hugh Hefner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-hefner/)

> [The difference between Marilyn Monroe and the early Pamela Anderson is not that great.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-hefner/the-difference-between-marilyn-monroe-and-the-early-pamela-anderson/)

[Hugh Hefner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-hefner/)

> [If I ever try to get married again, shoot me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-hefner/if-i-ever-try-to-get-married-again-shoot-me/)

[Hugh Hefner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-hefner/)

> [The people who had the most impact on me when I was young were Freud and Darwin, but growing up I also had my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-hefner/the-people-who-had-the-most-impact-on-me-when-i-was-young-were-freud/)

[Hugh Hefner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-hefner/)

> [Part of the sexual revolution is bringing rationality to sexuality - because when you don't embrace sexuality in a normal way, you get the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-hefner/part-of-the-sexual-revolution-is-bringing-rationality-to-sexuality/)

[Hugh Hefner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-hefner/)

> [After world war all we got was a lot of conformity, and conservatism and when I was in college at the university of Illinois…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-hefner/after-world-war-all-we-got-was-a-lot-of-conformity-and-conservatism/)

[Hugh Hefner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-hefner/)

> [I was writing and cartooning and writing short stories from grade school on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-hefner/i-was-writing-and-cartooning-and-writing-short-stories-from-grade/)

[Hugh Hefner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-hefner/)

> [At a very early age I started a cartoon scrapbook, actually when I was in high school. And it became, in turn, a scrapbook…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-hefner/at-a-very-early-age-i-started-a-cartoon-scrapbook-actually-when-i-was/)

[Hugh Hefner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-hefner/)

> [I think age, if you are healthy, I think age is largely a number. My mother lived to be 101. So I'm planning on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-hefner/i-think-age-if-you-are-healthy-i-think-age-is-largely-a-number-my/)

[Hugh Hefner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-hefner/)

> [The whole 1950s notion was find the right girl, get married, move to the suburbs and then hang out with the guys while she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-hefner/the-whole-1950s-notion-was-find-the-right-girl-get-married-move-to/)

[Hugh Hefner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-hefner/)

> [You stay in touch with the boy who dreamed impossible dreams.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-hefner/you-stay-in-touch-with-the-boy-who-dreamed-impossible-dreams/)

[Hugh Hefner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-hefner/)

> [I'm bored of the hanky-panky. I'm still active, but it's different, I like to play dominoes with my girlfriends. Having three beautiful women keeps…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-hefner/i-m-bored-of-the-hanky-panky-i-m-still-active-but-it-s-different-i/)

[Hugh Hefner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-hefner/)

> [The notion that Playboy exploited women, because we showed them in beautiful photographs, sexually oriented, strikes me as rather bizarre.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-hefner/the-notion-that-playboy-exploited-women-because-we-showed-them-in/)

[Hugh Hefner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-hefner/)

> [Living in the moment, thinking about the future, and staying connected to the past: That's what makes me feel whole.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-hefner/living-in-the-moment-thinking-about-the-future-and-staying-connected/)

[Hugh Hefner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-hefner/)

> [I was very influenced by the musicals and romantic comedies of the 1930s. I admired Gene Harlow and such, which probably explains why, since…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-hefner/i-was-very-influenced-by-the-musicals-and-romantic-comedies-of-the/)

[Hugh Hefner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-hefner/)

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