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 FONDARelationships are the oxygen of the psyche.
More Jane Fonda Quotes
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I 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.
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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.
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Whatever kind of workout you settle on, it should include the Big Three of exercise for health and fitness-aerobics, resistance exercises, and stretching.
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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.
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I was in my mid-40s. I was a bulimic, and I realized if I continue with this addiction of mine, I will not be able to continue doing my life. The older you get the more damage it does; it takes longer to recover from a binge. And it was very hard.
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My greatest asset is that I am constantly changing.
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The bravest soldiers aren’t unafraid, but they’re the ones who are able to harness their fear on behalf of courage.
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If our work is stimulating and rewarding, if it pushes us to grow…we become more valuable human beings.
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Women are rising. And I think that’s all the violence and war – it could be the last gasp of the patriarchy, actually.
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No distractions. Center yourself. This is your time.
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It’s better to be interested than interesting.
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I’ll smoke pot every now and then. I cannot see a movie on pot. The number of movies I’ve seen thinking, This is probably the best I have ever seen, and then I’ll see it again sober and think, What was I thinking?
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In my marriages, I’d lost parts of who I was because I was trying to mold myself into what I thought a man wanted me to be.
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Revolution is an act of love; we are the children of revolution, born to be rebels. It runs in our blood.
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Refuse to be afraid that we will no longer be considered attractive and acceptable when we are strong.
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