Sigmund Freud
Neurologist, Psychoanalyst
"The only shame in masturbation is the shame of not doing it well."
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Slavoj Žižek
Philosopher, Cultural Critic
"Love is what makes sex more than masturbation. If there is no love even if you are really with a partner you masturbate with a partner."
Woody Allen
Director, Actor, Writer
"But it was I - yes I - who discovered the link between excessive masturbation and entry into politics!"
James Joyce
Novelist, Poet
"Masturbation! The amazing availability of it!"
Karl Kraus
Playwright, Journalist
"A woman occasionally is quite a serviceable substitute for masturbation."
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"In masturbation there is nothing but loss."
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"Somewhere, there's someone who's masturbation ritual ends with them setting up ventriloquist dummies facing the bed. I mean, someone else."
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"Well, one thing you can say for masturbation... you certainly don't have to look your best."
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"Novels, except as aids to masturbation, play no part in contemporary life."
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"If I want low-impact aerobics, I'll masturbate. If I want high-impact aerobics, I'll masturbate again."
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"They are this horrible thing where you are distorted. The chin is too big, the head is too small. No, this is electronic masturbation."
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"Philosophy is to science as masturbation is to sex."
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