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"This is the way I look at sex scenes: I have basically been doing them for a living for years. Trying to seduce an audience is the basis of rock 'n roll, and if I may say so, I'm pretty good at it."

"This is the way I look at sex scenes: I have basically been doing them for a living for years. Trying to seduce an audience is the basis of rock 'n roll, and if I may say so, I'm pretty good at it."

Jon Bon Jovi, American Musician

Sex, Living, May, Pretty

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"Does Sex Matter? Of course it does. But does it matter enough to Matter? That's a different question."

"Does Sex Matter? Of course it does. But does it matter enough to Matter? That's a different question."

Vera Rubin, American Scientist

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"It's unfortunate. Title IX is rather simple: don't discriminate on the basis of sex."

"It's unfortunate. Title IX is rather simple: don't discriminate on the basis of sex."

Birch Bayh, American Politician

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"I'm a sexually liberated woman that earned that liberation. I am very proud of the fact that I feel comfortable in certain forums discussing sex."

"I'm a sexually liberated woman that earned that liberation. I am very proud of the fact that I feel comfortable in certain forums discussing sex."

Gennifer Flowers, American Celebrity

Sex, Fact, Woman

29

"If it was about lying under oath - we actually know that Clinton certainly was deceptive, as most people would be about their sex lives - but, in fact, he did not lie."

"If it was about lying under oath - we actually know that Clinton certainly was deceptive, as most people would be about their sex lives - but, in fact, he did not lie."

Paul Begala, American Journalist

Sex, Lie, People, Fact

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"But, you know, there's still an argument, there's still ten states that outlaw premarital sex, and many more states where adultery is still outlawed and a crime."

"But, you know, there's still an argument, there's still ten states that outlaw premarital sex, and many more states where adultery is still outlawed and a crime."

Liam Neeson, Irish Actor

Sex, Adultery, Argument, Crime

28

"I have said repeatedly that in this country we track library books better than we do sex offenders."

"I have said repeatedly that in this country we track library books better than we do sex offenders."

Mark Foley, American Politician

Sex, Books, Country

28

"If we know we're just going to have sex and then ditch the guy, it can be fun."

"If we know we're just going to have sex and then ditch the guy, it can be fun."

Rachel Perry, Canadian Celebrity

28

"What was in it for me? I wasn't asking for any sort of reciprocation, after all. Why didn't she want her erogenous zones stimulated? I have no idea. All I know is that you could, if you wanted to, find the answers to all sorts of difficult questions buried in that terrible war-torn interregnum between the first pubic hair and the first soiled Trojan."

"What was in it for me? I wasn't asking for any sort of reciprocation, after all. Why didn't she want her erogenous zones stimulated? I have no idea. All I know is that you could, if you wanted to, find the answers to all sorts of difficult questions buried in that terrible war-torn interregnum between the first pubic hair and the first soiled Trojan."

Nick Hornby, English Writer

Sex, Adolescence, Confusion, Desire, Identity

28

"Sex and drugs and rock and roll."

"Sex and drugs and rock and roll."

Ian Dury, English Musician

28

"Sex is great until you die, but it's never as great as it was when you were a kid, when it was a mystery."

"Sex is great until you die, but it's never as great as it was when you were a kid, when it was a mystery."

David Duchovny, American Actor

28

"Today, many people are engaging in same sex relationships and saying they are not gay."

"Today, many people are engaging in same sex relationships and saying they are not gay."

Pam Grier, American Actress

Sex, People, Gay, Relationships

28

"To talk about adults without talking about their sex drives is like talking about a window without glass."

"To talk about adults without talking about their sex drives is like talking about a window without glass."

Grace Metalious, American Novelist

Sex, Talk, Talking

28

"I expect to plead not for the slave only, but for suffering humanity everywhere. Especially do I mean to labor for the elevation of my sex."

"I expect to plead not for the slave only, but for suffering humanity everywhere. Especially do I mean to labor for the elevation of my sex."

Lucy Stone, American Activist

Sex, Humanity, Labor, Suffering

28

"These days... it's all vanilla sex for me."

"These days... it's all vanilla sex for me."

Larry Flynt, American Publisher

27

"Well, I thought the Sex Pistols were the cream of the crop. They came in and topped everybody, for sure. They took all the existing strands and made a perfect package out of them."

"Well, I thought the Sex Pistols were the cream of the crop. They came in and topped everybody, for sure. They took all the existing strands and made a perfect package out of them."

Richard Hell, American Musician

27

"My first sex scene - and it was with myself."

"My first sex scene - and it was with myself."

Judge Reinhold, American Actor

27

"I think it will be helpful to people because I know the expectations that are put on you as a sex symbol, and how Marilyn Monroe suffered and so on, and I was able to get free of that."

"I think it will be helpful to people because I know the expectations that are put on you as a sex symbol, and how Marilyn Monroe suffered and so on, and I was able to get free of that."

Kim Novak, American Actress

Sex, People, Expectations, Symbol

27

"I'm not the sexiest thing in the world, I feel actors who have to 'play' sexy lose all their sex appeal. When they start with the tongue and the heavy lids, it looks so ridiculous. I think you just have to be yourself."

"I'm not the sexiest thing in the world, I feel actors who have to 'play' sexy lose all their sex appeal. When they start with the tongue and the heavy lids, it looks so ridiculous. I think you just have to be yourself."

Stephanie Zimbalist, American Actress

Sex, Actors, Sex appeal, Tongue

27

"For male and female alike, the bodies of the other sex are messages signaling what we must do, they are glowing signifiers of our own necessities."

"For male and female alike, the bodies of the other sex are messages signaling what we must do, they are glowing signifiers of our own necessities."

John Updike, American Novelist

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"My mother wanted me to understand that as a woman I could do pretty much whatever I wanted to, that I didn't have to use sex or sexuality to define myself."

"My mother wanted me to understand that as a woman I could do pretty much whatever I wanted to, that I didn't have to use sex or sexuality to define myself."

Suzanne Vega, American Musician

Sex, Mother, Pretty, Sexuality

26

"At a pool party, with everybody around, a guy and I had sex in the pool, but nobody knew it."

"At a pool party, with everybody around, a guy and I had sex in the pool, but nobody knew it."

Krista Allen, American Actress

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"For the speedy reader paragraphs become a country the eye flies over looking for landmarks, reference points, airports, restrooms, passages of sex."

"For the speedy reader paragraphs become a country the eye flies over looking for landmarks, reference points, airports, restrooms, passages of sex."

William H. Gass, American Novelist

Sex, Country, Eye, Flies

26

"The male sex still constitute in many ways the most obstinate vested interest one can find."

"The male sex still constitute in many ways the most obstinate vested interest one can find."

Francis Aungier, Irish Archbishop

26

"I find that the three major administrative problems on a campus are sex for the students, athletics for the alumni and parking for the faculty."

"I find that the three major administrative problems on a campus are sex for the students, athletics for the alumni and parking for the faculty."

Clark Kerr, American Economist

Sex, Problems, Students

26

"Sex appeal is not on purpose."

"Sex appeal is not on purpose."

Heather Locklear, American Actress

Sex, Purpose, Sex appeal

26

"Sex is... perfectly natural. It's something that's pleasurable. It's enjoyable and it enhances a relationship. So why don't we learn as much as we can about it and become comfortable with ourselves as sexual human beings because we are all sexual?"

"Sex is... perfectly natural. It's something that's pleasurable. It's enjoyable and it enhances a relationship. So why don't we learn as much as we can about it and become comfortable with ourselves as sexual human beings because we are all sexual?"

Sue Johanson, Canadian Writer

26

"Sex - the poor man's polo."

"Sex - the poor man's polo."

Clifford Odets, American Playwright

26

"I don't think that my parents even imagined that I would be exposed to drugs. In those days, for some reason, it was not talked about, just like sex was not talked about."

"I don't think that my parents even imagined that I would be exposed to drugs. In those days, for some reason, it was not talked about, just like sex was not talked about."

Natalie Cole, American Musician

Sex, Drugs, Parents, Reason

25

"I never had any hang-ups about sex. As for being sexually repressed, nothing could be further from the truth. There are more hang-ups now than ever there were when I was growing up."

"I never had any hang-ups about sex. As for being sexually repressed, nothing could be further from the truth. There are more hang-ups now than ever there were when I was growing up."

Mary Whitehouse, British Activist

Sex, Truth, Being, Growingup

25

"They are uncomfortable talking about sex because they don't want people to think they know about it."

"They are uncomfortable talking about sex because they don't want people to think they know about it."

Sue Johanson, Canadian Writer

Sex, People, Talking, Want

25

"I don't believe in paying for sex. Which is why I'll never again pay for a woman's dinner."

"I don't believe in paying for sex. Which is why I'll never again pay for a woman's dinner."

David Wain, American Writer

24

"Neither sex, without some fertilization of the complimentary characters of the other, is capable of the highest reaches of human endeavor."

"Neither sex, without some fertilization of the complimentary characters of the other, is capable of the highest reaches of human endeavor."

Jean-Paul Sartre, French Philosopher

24

"Most of the sex I've seen on the screen looks like an expression of hostility towards sex."

"Most of the sex I've seen on the screen looks like an expression of hostility towards sex."

Myrna Loy, American Actress

Sex, Expression

24

"There are only two guidelines in good sex, Don't do anything you don't really enjoy and find out what are your partner needs and dont balk them if you can help it."

"There are only two guidelines in good sex, Don't do anything you don't really enjoy and find out what are your partner needs and dont balk them if you can help it."

Alex Comfort, American Author

Sex, Help, Needs

23

"To his doctrines I owe my great and glorious ambition for the sex to which I proudly belong and whose independence I shall defend until my dying day."

"To his doctrines I owe my great and glorious ambition for the sex to which I proudly belong and whose independence I shall defend until my dying day."

Rosa Bonheur, French Artist

Sex, Ambition, Day, Dying

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"If I'm not interested in a woman, I'm straight-forward. Right after sex, I usually say, 'I can't do this anymore. Thanks for coming over!'"

"If I'm not interested in a woman, I'm straight-forward. Right after sex, I usually say, 'I can't do this anymore. Thanks for coming over!'"

Vince Vaughn, American Actor

Sex, Right, Woman

23

"People's attitudes about sex aren't healthy anywhere, except maybe in those tribes where they go around naked."

"People's attitudes about sex aren't healthy anywhere, except maybe in those tribes where they go around naked."

Asia Argento, Italian Actress

22

"Sex is emotion in motion."

"Sex is emotion in motion."

Mae West, American Actress

20

"Even Tom Sawyer had a girlfriend and to talk about adults without talking about their sex drives is like talking about a window without glass."

"Even Tom Sawyer had a girlfriend and to talk about adults without talking about their sex drives is like talking about a window without glass."

Grace Metalious, American Novelist

Sex, Girlfriend, Talk, Talking

20

"Talking from morning to night about sex has helped my skiing, because I talk about movement, about looking good, about taking risks."

"Talking from morning to night about sex has helped my skiing, because I talk about movement, about looking good, about taking risks."

Ruth Westheimer, American Psychologist

Sex, Night, Talk, Talking

20

"What most people in our culture mean by being lovable is essentially a mixture between being popular and having sex appeal."

"What most people in our culture mean by being lovable is essentially a mixture between being popular and having sex appeal."

Erich Fromm, American Psychologist

Sex, People, Being, Culture

19

"Scratch most feminists and underneath there is a woman who longs to be a sex object. The difference is that is not all she wants to be."

"Scratch most feminists and underneath there is a woman who longs to be a sex object. The difference is that is not all she wants to be."

Betty Rollin, American Journalist

Sex, Difference, Woman

18

"When I attained a certain advanced intimacy with a man, and I don't just mean sex, I married him."

"When I attained a certain advanced intimacy with a man, and I don't just mean sex, I married him."

Hedy Lamarr, Austrian Actress

Sex, Intimacy, Man

15

"Why should we take advice on sex from the pope? If he knows anything about it, he shouldn't!"

"Why should we take advice on sex from the pope? If he knows anything about it, he shouldn't!"

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

15

"Two things I do well in books are sex and violence, but I don't want gratuitous sex or violence. The sex and violence are only as graphic as need be. And never included unless it furthers the plot or character development."

"Two things I do well in books are sex and violence, but I don't want gratuitous sex or violence. The sex and violence are only as graphic as need be. And never included unless it furthers the plot or character development."

Laurell K. Hamilton, American Writer

Sex, Development, Character, Books

13

"Sex and love represent one of the numerous absurdities and hopeless incongruences demarking human nature. A person whom only seeks out sex and eschews love will live a barren existence. Sex without love is a brute display of physical reproductive capacity. Sex is not a worthless or stupid activity when it forms a cog in a loving and affectionate relationship. Sex and love might not make the world go round, but when joined they make it a better place to live in."

"Sex and love represent one of the numerous absurdities and hopeless incongruences demarking human nature. A person whom only seeks out sex and eschews love will live a barren existence. Sex without love is a brute display of physical reproductive capacity. Sex is not a worthless or stupid activity when it forms a cog in a loving and affectionate relationship. Sex and love might not make the world go round, but when joined they make it a better place to live in."

Kilroy J. Oldster, American Author

Sex, Love, Absurdity, Relationship

13

"Sex drives the world and sex in on every human mind, be it a prophet or be it a saint, history has full of evidences."

"Sex drives the world and sex in on every human mind, be it a prophet or be it a saint, history has full of evidences."

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

Sex, World, History, Mind

13

"Okay we both know... what happens... with sex... different places... different time... different date... different rooms... the biatch is still bitchy.... very bitchy as pitchy.... The agony - DOOOOOO YOU FEEL IT?- wE JUST PREDICTED THE FUTURE!"

"Okay we both know... what happens... with sex... different places... different time... different date... different rooms... the biatch is still bitchy.... very bitchy as pitchy.... The agony - DOOOOOO YOU FEEL IT?- wE JUST PREDICTED THE FUTURE!"

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

Sex, Truth, Regret, Wisdom, Life

12

"If you insist upon fighting to protect me, or 'our' country, let it be understood soberly and rationally between us that you are fighting to gratify a sex instinct which I cannot share; to procure benefits where I have not shared and probably will not share."

"If you insist upon fighting to protect me, or 'our' country, let it be understood soberly and rationally between us that you are fighting to gratify a sex instinct which I cannot share; to procure benefits where I have not shared and probably will not share."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

Sex, Benefits, Country, Fighting

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