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"I think Hefner himself wants to go down in history as a person of sophistication and glamour. But the last person I would want to go down in history as is Hugh Hefner."
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"Artists strive to free this true and spontaneous self in their work. Creativity, meditation are ways of freeing an inner voice."
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