Sex is. There is nothing more to be done about it. Sex builds no roads, writes no novels and sex certainly gives no meaning to anything in life but itself.
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Related There is no remedy for sex but more sex. ANONYMOUS He met her in furtherance of his police duties. There was no sex. Nothing that looks like sex, nothi... ANDREW QUINN There was no right to same-sex marriage before Measure 36, and there is no right to same-sex marriag... CHARLES FLETCHER Nothing is as unique as sex in nature; it is full of enjoyment, pleasure and happiness. There is no ... M.F. MOONZAJER Laws of Sex;Update your knowledge on sex matters,for no one can be over knowledgeable about sex. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Join me in Olympic Heros for Abstinence. The best sex is no sex. KURT ANGLE No, no food. I want sex. Bring me some sex. ELLIOTT GOULD He tells me there'll be no sex in it, and I expect there won't. It's a very moral novel about life t... BRIAN MCMASTER The show is nothing but sex, sex, sex. We're really looking hard at it. RANDY SHARP Is sex dirty? Only if it is done right. (All You Wanted To Know About Sex) WOODY ALLEN There can be no spirituality, no sanctity, no truth without the female sex. DIANE FROLOV AND ANDREW SCHNEIDER There is nothing safe about sex. There never will be. NORMAN MAILER Thoughts have no sex CLARE BOOTHE LUCE People sometimes tells me that they're baffled by bisexuality. They are convinced that having sex wi... ARIEL LEVY There's no sex in Middle Earth. IAN MCKELLEN There's nothing better than good sex. But bad sex? A peanut butter and jelly sandwich is better ... BILLY JOEL I want to be normal, but no one talks about sex, so how should I know what normal is? KODY KEPLINGER Forget about religion rhetoric,human's flesh is a sex zone,if the sex at home is nothing to write ho... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) There's no religion but sex and music. STING I just liked the notion of a guy trying desperately to tell a sex story but having no knowledge of s... STEVE CARELL it's a sex object if you're pretty and no love or love and no sex if you're fat NIKKI GIOVANNI Forget about religion rhetoric,man's flesh was created to nurture & enjoy sex in a variety of ways,f... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Never say no to sex P.C. CAST Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power. OSCAR WILDE I think I had a more European outlook about the body and sex. The body is in no way dirty, and sex i... DOROTHY STRATTEN There is no age limit on the enjoyment of sex. It keeps getting better. FLORENCE HENDERSON I think Secretary's funny, it is about sex, and there's a lot of sex in it, sex is the key, ... MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL cslab9a /u/jcn/src/perl -> man sex No manual entry for sex. SOLARIS No Sex in the Champagne Room CHRIS ROCK There's nothing better than good sex. But bad sex? A peanut butter and jelly sandwich is better than... BILLY JOEL The thing about sex is no matter how much you crave it, you can forget it. CHUCK PALAHNIUK If it weren't for pickpockets, I'd have no sex life at all. RODNEY DANGERFIELD Remember when I said all guys talk to their friends about sex? Well, we do. But no guy tal... EMMA CHASE Nothing in life is as tempting as sex. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) War is no solution to peace. BEN OAK Because there are no reports doesn't necessarily mean there have been no sex assaults. BEVERLY MCCREARY I'd like to order some Food, Love, Sex, Life, and Happiness..... No Politics please NERISSA IRVING Smartass Disciple: Master, what do say about the truth itself ? Master of Stupidity: Like sex, ... TOBA BETA There's no nudity in those sex scenes, but they were the most emotionally draining ones I've ever do... MARIA BELLO Believing there is no God gives me more room for belief in family, people, love, truth, beauty, sex,... PENN JILLETTE I was sidhe enough that I didn't understand the American trait of being totally fascinated with sex,... LAURELL K. HAMILTON There is no such thing as safe sex, since no one can create a condom for the soul. DR. JAYCE O'NEAL If it wasn't for pick-pockets I'd have no sex life at all. RODNEY DANGERFIELD Nope, no sex scandals yet. But I am open to offers! JOHN CUSACK Sex is always about emotions. Good sex is about free emotions; bad sex is about blocked emotions. DEEPAK CHOPRA There is nothing politer than this. It's literally a camera looking at people -- a radio that sees t... BRIAN ANDREW For the one who indulges in illicit sex, the sexuality will make him wander in worldly life. There i... DADA BHAGWAN Sex doesn't sell anything other than itself MARTIN LINDSTROM I am an artist, art has no color and no sex. WHOOPI GOLDBERG And that is one of the problems of your generation. All sex. No romance. No love. MARCY DERMANSKY Driving a fire truck is always a thrill. Is it better than sex? No! LOU ANGELI When it comes to sexuality, romantic love plays a large part in feminine sexual scripts. Research su... SUSAN SHAW Kiss someone like kissing is the only way you have to communicate. There is no conversation. There i... ROBERTO HOGUE It is not sex that gives the pleasure, but the lover. MARGE PIERCY Sex is hardly ever just about sex SHIRLEY MACLAINE Proponents of same-sex marriage regularly label opponents 'radical' and 'extremist.'... DENNIS PRAGER Sex has no relationship with love,but it has many relationships with lust. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) There is no other human activity that humanity embarks upon with so much ignorance as sex. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) But God, who is immortal, has no need of difference of sex, nor of succession. LACTANTIUS There is a downside to casual sex: Sometimes it stops being casual. People develop a desire for some... NEIL STRAUSS In America, sex is preached; in France, it is done. FRITZ LANG I have no objection to anyone’s sex life as long as they don’t practice it in the street and fri... OSCAR WILDE A skirt is no obstacle to extemporaneous sex, but it is physically impossible to make love to a girl... HELEN LAWRENSON Afternoon sex was the best sex of all, Ann thought. Morning sex she'd had enough of in her time: usu... JULIAN BARNES They wanted to hear about the sex, of course. But not the rest; no one wanted to hear the rest. CHRISTINE KEELER Life is not all about sex. [Samantha] SEX AND THE CITY Don't marry someone you would not be friends with if there was no sex between you. WILLIAM GLASSER A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all. THOMAS HARDY Coffee is a girl who never tells a boy no. ANDREW SMITH Nobody accused him of forcing anyone to have sex. There was no evidence he forced anybody to do anyt... JULIAN MACK In our culture, talking about sex is embarrassing, and talking about diseases that come from sex is ... JULIE DOWNS Either sex alone is half itself. ALFRED LORD TENNYSON Nothing is so much to be shunned as sex relations. SAINT AUGUSTINE Sometimes it is good to be created like animal. You eat, you protect yourself, you want to have sex.... EPHDAN Well I think people think sex is controversial. Not always, but certainly it's something to be d... LIAM NEESON There is no meaning to life except the meaning man gives his life by unfolding of his powers. ERICH FROMM There is nothing wrong with going to bed with someone of your own sex. People should be very free wi... ELTON JOHN Is there any sex in it? PETER SELLERS Maybe our generation is more about sex, but it feels like romance is dying out. ORLANDO BLOOM If a man brags about his sex life he's a stud, but if a woman brags about her sex life she's a slut. ANTHONY LICCIONE Sex and the City to me never really was about sex, that was kind of the icing on the cake. Success i... CANDACE BUSHNELL I don't wanna get hurt. I have to live. I love myself so much. I wanna duplicate myself for much mor... EPHDAN There is no meaning to life except the meaning man gives his life by the unfolding of his powers. ERICH FROMM There is no meaning to life except the meaning man gives to his life by the unfolding of his powers. ERICH FROMM There is no female mind. The brain is not an organ of sex. As well speak of a female liver. CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN Basically, there's not enough sex in movies, that's it. I'm trying to say it, people. I ... ZOE SALDANA Burger King's business model was broken. But it was like sex in the '50s. Everyone knew it, ... GREG BRENNEMAN It isn't premarital sex if you have no intention of getting married MATT BARRY Laws of sex;First time sex with a person or first time ever sex act may be filled with nervousness,a... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) If only we could accept that there is no difference between us where human values are concerned. Wha... LIV ULLMANN There is no other human activity that humanity embark upon with so much anxiety,belief,passion & exc... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Sex is the gateway to life. FRANK HARRIS Anal sex is anal sex. It doesn't make any difference whether you're a woman or a man. It is the act ... LARRY PARHAM It would be impossible to think it's just about sex with a woman like you. You demand more without e... ALTONYA WASHINGTON In homosexual sex you know exactly what the other person is feeling, so you are identifying with the... WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS Sex is only a tool in love, not love itself. ABHIJIT NASKAR Even if Kylie offered me sex, I would say no! DAVID SNEDDON It already smells like sex in here, and you're both still dressed. You have no idea how messed up th... RACHEL VINCENT My name is Jasmine Lewis, and this is my story. It’s a cautionary tale about money, sex, and power... TERESA LO What would life be called if there were no humans created? Meaningless, right? Is it our survival th... EPHDAN
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