Sydney Biddle Barrows Quotes

• The more you act like a lady, the more he'll act like a gentleman.

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  Gentleman

  Sydney Biddle Barrows, William Novak (1987). “Mayflower Madam: The Secret Life of Sydney Biddle Barrows”, Ivy Books

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• sex is a commodity just like anything else.

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  Sex, Commodity

  Sydney Biddle Barrows, William Novak (1987). “Mayflower Madam: The Secret Life of Sydney Biddle Barrows”, Ivy Books

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• a call girl is simply someone who hates poverty more than she hates sin.

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  Girl, Hate, Poverty

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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?

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  Sex, Athlete, Qualms About

  Sydney Biddle Barrows, William Novak (1987). “Mayflower Madam: The Secret Life of Sydney Biddle Barrows”, Ivy Books

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• I was naughty. I wasn't bad. Bad is hurting people, doing evil. Naughty is not hurting anyone. Naughty is being amusing.

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  Hurt, Naughty, People

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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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  Mom, Mother, Phones

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• I may be good for nothing, but I'm never bad for nothing.

  Sydney Biddle Barrows

  May, Be Good

  Sydney Biddle Barrows, William Novak (1987). “Mayflower Madam: The Secret Life of Sydney Biddle Barrows”, Ivy Books

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• I ran the wrong kind of business, but I did it with integrity.

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  Kindness, Business, Integrity

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• If you want an expert on war, you get a retired general. I'm not exactly a general, but I am retired.

  Sydney Biddle Barrows

  War, Experience, Experts

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