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I 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 Fonda

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Review

If our work is stimulating and rewarding, if it pushes us to grow…we become more valuable human beings.

JANE FONDA

If our work is stimulating and rewarding, if it pushes us to grow…we become more valuable human beings.
JANE FONDA

Stimulation
I’m an assistant storyteller. It’s like being a waiter or a gas-station attendant, but I’m waiting on six million people a week, if I’m lucky.

JANE FONDA

I’m an assistant storyteller. It’s like being a waiter or a gas-station attendant, but I’m waiting on six million people a week, if I’m lucky.
JANE FONDA

Assistance
I like to think both – it’s not either/or. It’s and.

JANE FONDA

I like to think both – it’s not either/or. It’s and.
JANE FONDA
Don’t give up. There are lessons to be learned even in the most horrendous pain. And you don’t know that when you’re young.

JANE FONDA

Don’t give up. There are lessons to be learned even in the most horrendous pain. And you don’t know that when you’re young.
JANE FONDA

Known
We don’t need to be perfect. We’re not supposed to be perfect; we’re supposed to be complete. And you can’t be complete if you’re trying to be perfect.

JANE FONDA

We don’t need to be perfect. We’re not supposed to be perfect; we’re supposed to be complete. And you can’t be complete if you’re trying to be perfect.
JANE FONDA
Think about it: Reducing crime and poverty and ensuring that we have an educated, stable work force has a direct effect on you and me and the future of our country.

JANE FONDA

Think about it: Reducing crime and poverty and ensuring that we have an educated, stable work force has a direct effect on you and me and the future of our country.
JANE FONDA
We 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 FONDA

We 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 FONDA
The most incredible beauty and the most satisfying way of life come from affirming your own uniqueness.

JANE FONDA

The most incredible beauty and the most satisfying way of life come from affirming your own uniqueness.
JANE FONDA

Affirmation
Stay curious, keep learning and keep growing. And always strive to be more interested than interesting.

JANE FONDA

Stay curious, keep learning and keep growing. And always strive to be more interested than interesting.
JANE FONDA

Learn
The challenge is not to be perfect. It’s to be whole.

JANE FONDA

The challenge is not to be perfect. It’s to be whole.
JANE FONDA

Whole
My greatest asset is that I am constantly changing.

JANE FONDA

My greatest asset is that I am constantly changing.
JANE FONDA
Christ 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 FONDA

Christ 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 FONDA

Feminism Tradition
We’re still living with the old paradigm of age as an arch. That’s the old metaphor: You’re born, you peak at midlife and decline into decrepitude.

JANE FONDA

We’re still living with the old paradigm of age as an arch. That’s the old metaphor: You’re born, you peak at midlife and decline into decrepitude.
JANE FONDA
I think the Internet and technology in general has changed everything. We can see it overseas even more with the Arab Spring and so forth.

JANE FONDA

I think the Internet and technology in general has changed everything. We can see it overseas even more with the Arab Spring and so forth.
JANE FONDA
All my life I had believed that unless I was perfect I would not be loved.

JANE FONDA

All my life I had believed that unless I was perfect I would not be loved.
JANE FONDA
You can do one of two things; just shut up, which is something I don’t find easy, or learn an awful lot very fast, which is what I tried to do.

JANE FONDA

You can do one of two things; just shut up, which is something I don’t find easy, or learn an awful lot very fast, which is what I tried to do.
JANE FONDA

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I 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.

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