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Sydney Biddle Barrows
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“I ran the wrong kind of business, but I did it with integrity.”
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“[On establishing her escort service:] I was sure we could provide a dramatic alternative to what was available, and I was motived by the challenge of doing something better than everyone else.”
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“On some level, almost every client wanted to believe that the girl was spending time with him not for money, but because she found him irresistible.”
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“... a call girl is simply someone who hates poverty more than she hates sin.”
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“Never say anything on the phone that you wouldn't want your mother to hear at your trial.”
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“... sex is a commodity just like anything else.”
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“... society has no qualms about a masseuse who is paid for touching people, or about laborers, or professional athletes or dancers, all of whom make a living with their bodies. Why should we make an exception for sex?”
Sydney Biddle Barrows, U.S. businesswoman, madam
(1952)