Christie Hefner
I had an allowance, but I had to do things around the house to earn it. I think I always wanted my own money.
Actually, my parents were separated by the time I was about 2 years old.
In college, my big money memory was saving up to buy a car with my boyfriend, whom I lived with.
I never have to this day, because my money is the money I earn.
Most people sell stock to pay taxes, but I didn't want to sell any stock.
I had higher math SATs than in English - yet I became an English major in college.
I expected to go into journalism or law.
I came to Playboy not expecting to stay. But after five years, I found myself really enjoying the business world, and I realized I had some skill.
I've lectured at the Harvard Business School several times.
Some, but much of my money is tied up in Playboy stock.
I have invested in the stock market since I was very young.
The very first stock I bought right out of college was Berkshire Hathaway.
Well, I grew up around the magazine and was part of a generation that was embracing our sexuality.
I don't know what a world would be like if you do away with sexy images.
Half of my employees are women.
I'd guess that 80 percent of the people who work for Playboy are feminists.
I know what the attitudes of the readers are: These are guys who love women and respect women.
I defend the right of almost everything to be published... because I think that you're better off in trusting the marketplace than allowing other people to make that decision.
It's important not to limit the amount of their own money that candidates can spend, but to give other people access to enough money to run competitive races.
Billy not only had a distinguished career in the Legislature, but he also has great business instincts and has done exceedingly well making investment decisions in both stocks and private ventures such as real estate.
We don't fight about money... I hate to see people fight about money.
Even though money seems such an objective topic, it can also be the most intimate, and possibly harmful, part of a relationship.
But maybe because the dot-com world gives people positions at a younger age, and many women are prominent in this business, it will help change the view about who can run big companies.
I think in terms of what I am able to accomplish and build.
I developed a great sense of self-confidence when I was very young.
We're fortunate in my family because we really have three families: my brother, David, and me; the two boys, Cooper and Marston, from my dad's second marriage; and my dad's wife, Crystal.
I've had this conversation with friends who have had challenging relationships with one or another parent. The only thing I can say is what I feel: The other person isn't going to change. That is who they are.
I'm not much of a 'road not taken' person.
I like dressing sexy, and I like having a good time.
Honestly, in retrospect, it probably was a little easier being an adolescent and not having people immediately know that Hef was my dad.
Relationships between men and women have become much more complicated.
I think I've established my own identity here at Brandeis.
Before I went to work for 'Playboy,' I planned to apply to Yale to get a public policy master's. I felt drawn to go into politics. Even before that, my dream was to wind up either in the Senate or on the Supreme Court. I had big dreams as a little girl.
It's so deeply disturbing to me that half of the eligible voters don't vote in this country. We talk about how divided the country is. The truth is, we don't even know. We just know what the half that voted thought.
In any endeavor, you have to understand your tolerance for risk. What's a failure you can afford?
We should all miss bookstores. They let you discover things.
What's funny in Italy may not be funny in Spain.
I think this country is growing up a little bit.
I think in the '80s, we certainly wrestled with what was the role of 'Playboy Magazine' in a post-sexual revolution, post-feminist world.
I never thought I was going to go to work for my father's company.
I don't think you can know too many smart people. I don't think you should ever stop meeting people.
If you ever get to a point where you stop learning, you will find your professional options and your personal satisfaction severely curtailed.
Women would all be better off if we realized we didn't have to choose between being an intelligent being and a sexual being.
My father is not that comfortable with children, but he's a terrific father for an adult.
I consider myself very fortunate to grow up in a time when my family, my friends don't look at me funny because I'm a 29-year-old single woman.
The world changed on us. In a world where there were singles bars in every city, women weren't going to go out and hang out in a Playboy Club.
I don't think 'Playboy' would have been successfully started on either coast.
At the very beginning, I said my life and Playboy are a Rorschach test. It's a culmination of the dreams and fantasies and prejudices you bring to the tableCollection: Dream
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