“Making eye contact during rough sex is roughly the equivalent of trying to read Dostoyevsky on a rollercoaster.”

—  Jenna Jameson , book How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale

How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale (2004)

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American entrepreneur, webcam model, and pornographic actre… 1974

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