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<div class="quote"><div class="quoteDetails"><table><tbody><tr><td class="qd_td"><a href="//izquotes.com/author/stanislaw-lec" class="leftAlignedImage"><img alt="Stanislaw Lec"  src="//izquotes.com/images/stanislaw-lec-s1.jpg" width="50" height="66" /></a></td><td class="swidth"><div class="quoteText2">“<a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/stanislaw-lec/a-sodomite-got-very-excited-looking-at-a-zoology-text-does-this-make-it-pornography-298690" class="qlink">A sodomite got very excited looking at a zoology text. Does this make it pornography?</a>”<br />  ―<a href="//izquotes.com/author/stanislaw-lec">Stanislaw Lec</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="action"><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://izquotes.com/quote/stanislaw-lec/a-sodomite-got-very-excited-looking-at-a-zoology-text-does-this-make-it-pornography-298690',650,370);" class="btn" ><span class="i3"></span><span class="label">Facebook</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fstanislaw-lec%2Fa-sodomite-got-very-excited-looking-at-a-zoology-text-does-this-make-it-pornography-298690&amp;source=tweetbutton&amp;text=A+sodomite+got+very+excited+looking+at+a+zoology+text.+Does+this+make+it+pornography%3F+%28Stanislaw+Lec%29+%23quotes&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fstanislaw-lec%2Fa-sodomite-got-very-excited-looking-at-a-zoology-text-does-this-make-it-pornography-298690',570,270);" class="btn" target="_blank" ><i></i><span class="label" >Twitter</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/stanislaw-lec/a-sodomite-got-very-excited-looking-at-a-zoology-text-does-this-make-it-pornography-298690" class="btn" ><span class="i2"></span><span class="label">Picture</span></a></div></div></div>
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