I finally got it: empower girls and everything changes.
JANE FONDAI finally got it: empower girls and everything changes.
JANE FONDAIf our work is stimulating and rewarding, if it pushes us to grow…we become more valuable human beings.
JANE FONDAThe secret of losing weight is patience.
JANE FONDAMy life is a stairway to heaven, not a ‘decline into decrepitude.
JANE FONDAWe all, in fact, carry so many people inside us; the only difference is that actors get paid for it, and we sort of spruce it up a bit.
JANE FONDAI never was a hippie! I went to India because so many friends like Mia Farrow and The Beatles were going there to discover truth. And so I went and trekked through India by myself, but instead of discovering truth, I wanted to join the Peace Corps.
JANE FONDAI spent a good deal of time going back over my childhood, my midlife, to try to understand who I was. We’re supposed to be complete and whole, and you can’t be whole if you’re trying to be perfect. Doing a life review helped me get over the disease to please.
JANE FONDAI’m a very brave person. I can go to North Vietnam, I can challenge my government, but I can’t challenge the man I’m with if means I’m going to end up alone.
JANE FONDAOne part of wisdom is knowing what you don’t need anymore and letting it go.
JANE FONDAChrist was the first feminist and because of that I’ve learned from his teaching to call myself a Christian feminist, adding that her faith is not a matter of traditions and dogmas but, rather, a spiritual experience.
JANE FONDAWomen are rising. And I think that’s all the violence and war – it could be the last gasp of the patriarchy, actually.
JANE FONDAThe most incredible beauty and the most satisfying way of life come from affirming your own uniqueness.
JANE FONDAYou shouldn’t give up. For a while, you have to stay close to the wall and be careful who you spend time with and take care of yourself.
JANE FONDAIt’s better to be interested than interesting.
JANE FONDAWhen I’m in Canada, I feel this is what the world should be like.
JANE FONDAThe more you treat yourself positively, the less you’ll want or need to be negative.
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