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Robbie Williams Singer, Songwriter
Sex

"The thing about drugs and sex is that you lose all your inhibitions. I've had sex in trains, planes, wine bars... and quite a few car parks!"

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Simone de Beauvoir Philosopher, Writer
Sex

"It is perfectly natural for the future woman to feel indignant at the limitations posed upon her by her sex. The real question is not why she should reject them: the problem is rather to understand why she accepts them."

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Simone de Beauvoir Philosopher, Writer
Sex

"Hegel held that the two sexes were of necessity different, the one being active and the other passive, and of course the female would be the passive one."

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Simone de Beauvoir Philosopher, Writer
Sex

"I think that The Second Sex will seem an old, dated book, after a while. But nonetheless, a book which will have made its contribution. At least, I hope so."

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Robert A. Heinlein Science Fiction Author
Sex

"Sex, whatever else it is, is an athletic skill. The more you practice, the more you can, the more you want to, the more you enjoy it, the less it tires you."

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Robin Williams Actor, Comedian
Sex

"You could talk about same-sex marriage, but people who have been married (say) 'It's the same sex all the time.'"

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Swami Vivekananda Spiritual Leader, Philosopher
Sex

"Free thyself from the mighty attraction- The maddening wine of love, the charm of sex. Break the harp! Forward, with the ocean's cry!. . ."

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Russell Howard Comedian, Actor
Sex

"With Michael Jackson, what I thought was really interesting was the people saying: 'He looked really well in that final video.' I was, like: 'No, he didn't - he looked like someone had melted goat's cheese over a sex doll.'"

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Robert A. Heinlein Science Fiction Author
Sex

"The ethics of sex is a thorny problem. Each of us is forced to grope for a solution he can live with - in the face of preposterous, unworkable, and evil code of so-called 'Morals.' Most of us know the code is wrong, almost everybody breaks it. But we pay Danegeld by feeling guilty and giving lip service. Willy-nilly, the code rides us, dead and stinking, an albatross around the neck."

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Lady Gaga Singer, Actress
Sex

"I write about what I know: sex, pornography, art, fame obsession, drugs, and alcohol. I mean, why would anyone care to listen to me if I wasn't an expert in what I write about?"

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Mae West Actress, Singer, Screenwriter
Sex

"More people saw me than saw Napoleon, Lincoln and Cleopatra. I was better known than Einstein and Picasso. ... I changed the fashion of two continents. The style of the Gay Nineties became the rage ... women were trying to walk and talk like me. Women became more sex-conscious - sex was out in the open and fun."

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Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader
Sex

"To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man's injustice to woman. If by strength is meant brute strength, then, indeed, is woman less brute than man. If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man's superior."

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Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader
Sex

"Man the law-giver will have to pay a dreadful penalty for the degradation he has imposed upon the so called weaker sex."

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J. L. King Author
Sex

"When a DL man is out having sex with men, he's not debating whether or not he's gay or bisexual. He has only one thing on his mind: Let me do this and get home to my woman before she wakes up, gets off work, comes home, or starts missing me."

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