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"I want, in this school, that one sex shall have equal advantage with the other, and I want particularly that females shall have open to them every employment suitable to their sex."

"I want, in this school, that one sex shall have equal advantage with the other, and I want particularly that females shall have open to them every employment suitable to their sex."

Leland Stanford, American Educator

Sex, Open, School, Want

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"What do I know about sex? I'm a married man."

"What do I know about sex? I'm a married man."

Tom Clancy, American Novelist

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"We treat sex so casually and use it for everything but what it is-which is ultimately making another human being with thoughts and feelings and rights."

"We treat sex so casually and use it for everything but what it is-which is ultimately making another human being with thoughts and feelings and rights."

Lisa Kudrow, American Actress

Sex, Feelings, Thoughts, Being

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"When sex is necessary for the plot of a book, or a character development, then I don't shy away from it. Why should I?"

"When sex is necessary for the plot of a book, or a character development, then I don't shy away from it. Why should I?"

Laurell K. Hamilton, American Writer

Sex, Development, Character

33

"The true feeling of sex is that of a deep intimacy, but above all of a deep complicity."

"The true feeling of sex is that of a deep intimacy, but above all of a deep complicity."

James Dickey, American Novelist

Sex, Deep, Feeling, Intimacy

33

"I've been a woman for a little over 50 years and have gotten over my initial astonishment. As for conducting an orchestra, that's a job where I don't think sex plays much part."

"I've been a woman for a little over 50 years and have gotten over my initial astonishment. As for conducting an orchestra, that's a job where I don't think sex plays much part."

Nadia Boulanger, French Musician

Sex, Job, Woman, Years

33

"I started going to Madame Louise's, the lesbian club where all the punk bands used to go - the Sex Pistols, the Clash. I remember seeing Billy Idol walk in there; he was gorgeous."

"I started going to Madame Louise's, the lesbian club where all the punk bands used to go - the Sex Pistols, the Clash. I remember seeing Billy Idol walk in there; he was gorgeous."

Boy George, English Musician

Sex, Lesbian, Punk

33

"I think any girl who comes to Hollywood with sex symbol or bombshell hanging over her has a rough road."

"I think any girl who comes to Hollywood with sex symbol or bombshell hanging over her has a rough road."

Kim Basinger, American Actress

Sex, Hollywood, Road, Symbol

32

"I wouldn't recommend sex, drugs or insanity for everyone, but they've always worked for me."

"I wouldn't recommend sex, drugs or insanity for everyone, but they've always worked for me."

Hunter S. Thompson, American Journalist

Sex, Drugs, Insanity

32

"It'd be like what would happen if Hollywood took over porno: 'If we keep their clothes on and they didn't have sex, we'd be able to sell it to a lot more people'."

"It'd be like what would happen if Hollywood took over porno: 'If we keep their clothes on and they didn't have sex, we'd be able to sell it to a lot more people'."

Rob Zombie, American Musician

Sex, People, Clothes, Hollywood

32

"The trouble with talking about acting is that it's like sex. It's enormously fun to do but just dreadfully embarrassing when you have to talk about it."

"The trouble with talking about acting is that it's like sex. It's enormously fun to do but just dreadfully embarrassing when you have to talk about it."

Paul Bettany, English Actor

Sex, Acting, Fun, Talk

32

"It's not an anti-sex trip. Like, we're taking sex, which is probably another half of American entertainment, sex and violence, and we're projecting it, and we're saying this is the way everything is right now."

"It's not an anti-sex trip. Like, we're taking sex, which is probably another half of American entertainment, sex and violence, and we're projecting it, and we're saying this is the way everything is right now."

Alice Cooper, American Musician

Sex, Entertainment, Now

32

"This is the point being missed by readers who lament Liquor's lack of hot sex scenes, probably because they aren't old enough to understand that a passionate relationship could be about anything other than sex."

"This is the point being missed by readers who lament Liquor's lack of hot sex scenes, probably because they aren't old enough to understand that a passionate relationship could be about anything other than sex."

Poppy Z. Brite, American Author

Sex, Being, Liquor, Old

32

"As the bull market goes on, people who take great risks achieve great rewards, seemingly without punishment. It's like crime without punishment or sex without sin."

"As the bull market goes on, people who take great risks achieve great rewards, seemingly without punishment. It's like crime without punishment or sex without sin."

Ron Chernow, American Author

Sex, People, Crime, Punishment

32

"It's amazing to me that people have any interest in such a low-level sex scandal. If I were sleeping with a congressman, maybe, but I'm a nobody and the people I'm writing about are nobodies."

"It's amazing to me that people have any interest in such a low-level sex scandal. If I were sleeping with a congressman, maybe, but I'm a nobody and the people I'm writing about are nobodies."

Jessica Cutler, American Author

Sex, People, Interest, Scandal

32

"The trouble is not that players have sex the night before a game. It's that they stay out all night looking for it."

"The trouble is not that players have sex the night before a game. It's that they stay out all night looking for it."

Casey Stengel, American Athlete

Sex, Night, Trouble

32

"People here in Los Angeles are disgusted now about a sex scandal involving Arnold Schwarzenegger. Apparently for seven years, he carried on a sexual relationship with his own wife."

"People here in Los Angeles are disgusted now about a sex scandal involving Arnold Schwarzenegger. Apparently for seven years, he carried on a sexual relationship with his own wife."

Craig Kilborn, American Entertainer

Sex, Wife, People, Now

32

"I refuse the compliment that I think like a man, thought has no sex, one either thinks or one does not."

"I refuse the compliment that I think like a man, thought has no sex, one either thinks or one does not."

Clare Boothe Luce, American Dramatist

Sex, Thought, Compliment, Man

32

"There is no female mind. The brain is not an organ of sex. As well speak of a female liver."

"There is no female mind. The brain is not an organ of sex. As well speak of a female liver."

Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American Writer

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"People are like, 'Well, she doesn't know the Sex Pistols.' Why would I know that stuff? Look how young I am. That stuff's old, right?"

"People are like, 'Well, she doesn't know the Sex Pistols.' Why would I know that stuff? Look how young I am. That stuff's old, right?"

Avril Lavigne, Canadian Musician

Sex, People, Old, Right

31

"What is our freedom fight about? Is it about the liberation of children or just having sex with them?"

"What is our freedom fight about? Is it about the liberation of children or just having sex with them?"

Kate Millett, American Activist

Sex, Children, Fight, Freedom

31

"I know a little more about Kinsey than I know about sex because that is his subject not mine."

"I know a little more about Kinsey than I know about sex because that is his subject not mine."

Bill Condon, American Director

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"The question of sex will take care of itself."

"The question of sex will take care of itself."

Helen Frankenthaler, American Artist

Sex, Care, Question, Will

31

"I wasn't a sex symbol, I was a sex zombie."

"I wasn't a sex symbol, I was a sex zombie."

Veronica Lake, American Actress

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"My boyfriend and I live together, which means we don't have sex - ever. Now that the milk is free, we've both become lactose intolerant."

"My boyfriend and I live together, which means we don't have sex - ever. Now that the milk is free, we've both become lactose intolerant."

Margaret Cho, American Comedian

Sex, Boyfriend, Now

31

"In Ski Party we are reading up on how to have fun without sex. That was the theme of every AIP picture!"

"In Ski Party we are reading up on how to have fun without sex. That was the theme of every AIP picture!"

Dwayne Hickman, American Actor

Sex, Fun, Party, Reading

31

"Television sounded really different than the Ramones sounded really different than us sounded really different than Blondie sounded really different than the Sex Pistols."

"Television sounded really different than the Ramones sounded really different than us sounded really different than Blondie sounded really different than the Sex Pistols."

David Byrne, Scottish Musician

Sex, Television

31

"Why the hell can't people just write nice happy stories about people having happy sex? That's what I want, and I bet a whole bunch of other people want it too."

"Why the hell can't people just write nice happy stories about people having happy sex? That's what I want, and I bet a whole bunch of other people want it too."

Phil Foglio, American Cartoonist

Sex, People, Hell, Want

31

"We'll engage in pretty extreme violence in the world but, you know, the one thing that comes to humans as easily as eating or breathing or sleeping, is sex."

"We'll engage in pretty extreme violence in the world but, you know, the one thing that comes to humans as easily as eating or breathing or sleeping, is sex."

Mark Ruffalo, American Actor

Sex, Eating, Extreme, Pretty

31

"It's very witty and it's great to see teenage characters have control that way. And you can actually hear about sex and pot and it's okay, it's not completely bad and you can't say that to teenagers."

"It's very witty and it's great to see teenage characters have control that way. And you can actually hear about sex and pot and it's okay, it's not completely bad and you can't say that to teenagers."

Caroline Dhavernas, Canadian Actress

Sex, Control, Teenage, Teenagers

31

"There's no sex in Middle Earth."

"There's no sex in Middle Earth."

Ian McKellen, English Actor

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"There really is something raw about sexuality that's real and good and we must continue to learn to not be ashamed of it. But - we have to honor the reality of practicing safer sex."

"There really is something raw about sexuality that's real and good and we must continue to learn to not be ashamed of it. But - we have to honor the reality of practicing safer sex."

Kyan Douglas, American Celebrity

Sex, Honor, Reality, Sexuality

31

"Therefore, if the gods are immortal and eternal, what need is there of the other sex, when they themselves do not require succession, since they are always about to exist?"

"Therefore, if the gods are immortal and eternal, what need is there of the other sex, when they themselves do not require succession, since they are always about to exist?"

Lactantius, Roman Author

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"It is not sex that gives the pleasure, but the lover."

"It is not sex that gives the pleasure, but the lover."

Marge Piercy, American Writer

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"Young kids are taking Viagra, ecstasy. They even want instant sex."

"Young kids are taking Viagra, ecstasy. They even want instant sex."

Tim Reid, American Actor

Sex, Ecstasy, Kids, Want

31

"If you can't laugh about sex, you shouldn't be doing it."

"If you can't laugh about sex, you shouldn't be doing it."

Sue Johanson, Canadian Writer

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"And, of course, they've always condemned dancing. You know, you might touch a member of the opposite sex. And you might get excited and you might do something natural."

"And, of course, they've always condemned dancing. You know, you might touch a member of the opposite sex. And you might get excited and you might do something natural."

Frank McCourt, Irish Author

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"We're not as materialistic and income-tax conscious as we think. At the moment our superstitions are tucked away, but come out sometimes in strange ways sex crimes, black masses."

"We're not as materialistic and income-tax conscious as we think. At the moment our superstitions are tucked away, but come out sometimes in strange ways sex crimes, black masses."

Terence Fisher, British Director

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"I talk so much about sex that girls just want to meet me."

"I talk so much about sex that girls just want to meet me."

Joe Rogan, American Comedian

Sex, Girls, Talk, Want

30

"Our stock in trade is raw, flailing sex."

"Our stock in trade is raw, flailing sex."

Al Goldstein, American Publisher

30

"I'm a secretive bastard. I would never let anybody watch me painting... it would be like somebody watching you have sex - painting is that personal to me."

"I'm a secretive bastard. I would never let anybody watch me painting... it would be like somebody watching you have sex - painting is that personal to me."

Andrew Wyeth, American Artist

30

"I was originally cast to be the brains of the Enterprise. Somehow I became The Chick. There's a little ugly girl inside of me going 'Yay! I'm a sex symbol!'"

"I was originally cast to be the brains of the Enterprise. Somehow I became The Chick. There's a little ugly girl inside of me going 'Yay! I'm a sex symbol!'"

Marina Sirtis, British Actress

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"A king is always a king - and a woman always a woman: his authority and her sex ever stand between them and rational converse."

"A king is always a king - and a woman always a woman: his authority and her sex ever stand between them and rational converse."

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, English Author

Sex, Authority, Woman

30

"In my sex fantasy, nobody ever loves me for my mind."

"In my sex fantasy, nobody ever loves me for my mind."

Nora Ephron, American Author

Sex, Fantasy, Mind

30

"Sex is a discovery."

"Sex is a discovery."

Fannie Hurst, American Writer

30

"Writers can write outside their ethnicity or sex depending how open and vulnerable they wish to be."

"Writers can write outside their ethnicity or sex depending how open and vulnerable they wish to be."

Jim Harrison, American Writer

Sex, Open, Writers

30

"Love is not necessary for sex."

"Love is not necessary for sex."

Patricia Briggs, American Author

Sex, Detachment, Reality, Desire

30

"Such, Polly, are your sex - part truth, part fiction; - Some thought, much whim and all a contradiction."

"Such, Polly, are your sex - part truth, part fiction; - Some thought, much whim and all a contradiction."

Richard Savage, English Poet

Sex, Truth, Thought, Contradiction

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"Sex in a dance is in the eyes of the beholder. I never thought my dances sexy. I suppose that's because I see myself with my face washed, and to me I look like a rabbit."

"Sex in a dance is in the eyes of the beholder. I never thought my dances sexy. I suppose that's because I see myself with my face washed, and to me I look like a rabbit."

Gwen Verdon, American Dancer

Sex, Thought, Dance, Eyes

29

"I'm going to be a great film star. That is, if booze and sex don't get me first."

"I'm going to be a great film star. That is, if booze and sex don't get me first."

Jay Presson Allen, American Screenwriter

Sex, Film, First

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