Christie Hefner Quotes

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Christie Hefner

Profession : Businesswoman

Birth : November 8, 1952

I never intended to go into the family business. I've always been drawn to wanting to do something else at some time in my life.

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I had higher math SATs than in English - yet I became an English major in college.

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We're fortunate in my family because we really have three families: my brother, David, and me; the two boys, Cooper and Marston, from my dad's second marriage; and my dad's wife, Crystal.

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I freelanced for the 'Boston Phoenix.'

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I'd actually call myself pretty much a liberal. A progressive liberal. Because I do think that government is there to be a provider of services for people who cannot provide for themselves.

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What you don't do is as important as what you do.

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Nightclubs are a small-revenue business that go through pretty fast popularity cycles.

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Billy not only had a distinguished career in the Legislature, but he also has great business instincts and has done exceedingly well making investment decisions in both stocks and private ventures such as real estate.

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I've always believed that you need to find interactive applications on the Internet.

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I think in the '80s, we certainly wrestled with what was the role of 'Playboy Magazine' in a post-sexual revolution, post-feminist world.

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I came to Playboy not expecting to stay. But after five years, I found myself really enjoying the business world, and I realized I had some skill.

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I know what the attitudes of the readers are: These are guys who love women and respect women.

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I'm motivated and driven, and I have been from a young age.

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I had an allowance, but I had to do things around the house to earn it. I think I always wanted my own money.

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Not only did I enjoy the creative side of Playboy and enjoy being surrounded by people who are curious about life, but I also love the analytical and hard business side of it.

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Well, I grew up around the magazine and was part of a generation that was embracing our sexuality.

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Honestly, in retrospect, it probably was a little easier being an adolescent and not having people immediately know that Hef was my dad.

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Actually, my parents were separated by the time I was about 2 years old.

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The world changed on us. In a world where there were singles bars in every city, women weren't going to go out and hang out in a Playboy Club.

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Even though money seems such an objective topic, it can also be the most intimate, and possibly harmful, part of a relationship.

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