I think what’s happening in the world – there’s nothing more dangerous than a wounded beast, and the patriarchy is wounded.
JANE FONDAIt’s never too late – never too late to start over, never too late to be happy.
More Jane Fonda Quotes
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Someone once said that under the bell jar of compliance, the only thing that blooms is rage.
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You 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.
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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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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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If the career you have chosen has some unexpected inconvenience, console yourself by reflecting that no career is without them.
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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.
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Sex and intimacy are not the same: You can have sex all your life and never be intimate with a person. There has to be empathy in the relationship. You have to enjoy seeing through their eyes. When you’re with them, you’re there and not thinking about what you’re gonna do tomorrow.
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All my life I had believed that unless I was perfect I would not be loved.
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Relationships are the oxygen of the psyche.
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You don’t learn from successes; you don’t learn from awards; you don’t learn from celebrity; you only learn from wounds and scars and mistakes and failures. And that’s the truth.
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If you can intervene early in the lives of girls here and in other parts of the world, you can begin to change the prospects for the future.
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My life is a stairway to heaven, not a ‘decline into decrepitude.
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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.
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No distractions. Center yourself. This is your time.
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I have a confidence about my life that comes from standing tall on my own two feet.
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