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

We are not meant to be perfect; we are meant to be whole.

Winning means some kind of approval of the Establishment which means people will more readily accept me, may be less frightened of me and other people who speak out.

I finally got it: empower girls and everything changes.

The glow and energy of the healthy woman is the ultimate beauty, the only beauty that will last.

I’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.

I always had a penchant for falling in love. Every time I found myself without a mate, I fell into a state of low-sizzling panic.

The secret of losing weight is patience.

Refuse to be afraid that we will no longer be considered attractive and acceptable when we are strong.

You think you’re being broken but you’re really being broken open…and that’s where the healing happens, in those broken places…if you’ll allow it.

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.

I thought I had learned how to have an intimate relationship. And I thought I’d learned how to be happy. Everybody has issues. For me, the challenge is intimacy, but I really didn’t start to get that until I turned 60.

No distractions. Center yourself. This is your time.

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.

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.

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

My greatest asset is that I am constantly changing.

I have learned since that sometimes the things we want most are impossible for us. You may long to come home, yet wander forever.

Once you learn how to do something, you don’t lose it. Unless you die.

There is so much we can learn from TV. It’s a window on the world.

Life is sometimes life and sometimes only a drama, and one must learn to distinguish t’other from which . . .

What do lawyers learn in law school? They learn to win… What we’ve got to start thinking about is how do we solve problems.

Life is a public performance on the violin, in which you must learn the instrument as you go along.

Every faction conditions its members to think and act a certain way. And most people do it. For most people, it’s not hard to learn, to find a pattern of thought that works and stay that way. But our minds move in a dozen different directions.

Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.