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.
JANE FONDAUltimately we must concern ourselves with pulling out by its roots the decadence that controls our culture, the profit motive that controls our culture.
More Jane Fonda Quotes
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Perfection is a toxic desire. We are not supposed to be perfect. The challenge is not to be perfect, it’s to be whole.
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Relationships are the oxygen of the psyche.
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You’re more powerful when talking from your soul.
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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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Go for the burn! Sweat!
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I don’t think there’s anything more important than making peace before it’s too late. And it almost always falls to the child to try to move toward the parent.
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An exercise outfit helps because it sets this time apart from the rest of your day and makes it matter more.
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If you understood what communism was, you would hope, you would pray on your knees that we would some day become communist. I, a socialist, think that we should strive toward a socialist society, all the way to communism.
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But the whole point of liberation is that you get out. Restructure your life. Act by yourself.
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I finally got it: empower girls and everything changes.
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Getting fit is a political act – you are taking charge of your life.
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It’s better to be interested than interesting.
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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.
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No distractions. Center yourself. This is your time.
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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.
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