Christie Hefner Quotes

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Christie Hefner

Profession : Businesswoman

Birth : November 8, 1952

I've always believed that a goal in life is not to own a boat but have a friend with a boat.

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You can't delegate turning a company around.

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My mantra is, I want to work with people that I like to hang out with, who are smart, where I can add value, that I think is an interesting space.

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We should all miss bookstores. They let you discover things.

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My father has always enjoyed games... always with a combination of the fun and social side of it, but also always highly competitive.

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The power of Playboy is its appeal around the world.

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Women would all be better off if we realized we didn't have to choose between being an intelligent being and a sexual being.

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It's important not to limit the amount of their own money that candidates can spend, but to give other people access to enough money to run competitive races.

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Access to legitimate information and thoughtful analysis is the lifeblood of a democracy, the basis of which people make decisions about who they vote for and what they believe in. And if you're only getting half the story, that certainly doesn't lead to an informed citizenry.

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I didn't have the luxury of devoting myself entirely to not-for-profit activities.

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I think of Chicago as a great entrepreneur city, a city that supports its own, that isn't as jaded as New York and L.A.

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If you ever get to a point where you stop learning, you will find your professional options and your personal satisfaction severely curtailed.

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I'm not much of a 'road not taken' person.

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I prefer tailored clothes. I always have. But I find that whatever I wear, people see it as charged with symbolic meaning.

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If I wear a suit, as I generally do in the business world, it's supposed to mean I'm retreating from competition with the bunnies. If I wear a very glamorous romantic dress, as I'm very likely to do if I'm going out in the evening, then I'm supposed to be competing with the bunnies.

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You can learn more about leadership by reading about Lincoln than you can from most business books.

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I believed deeply that digital was an empowering opportunity for Playboy, not a threat.

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I don't know what a world would be like if you do away with sexy images.

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Half of my employees are women.

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Part of brand management is what you don't do, not what you do.

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