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.
JANE FONDAI 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.
More Jane Fonda Quotes
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I am not a do-gooder. I am a revolutionary. A revolutionary woman.
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To be a revolutionary you have to be a human being. You have to care about people who have no power.
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It’s never too late – never too late to start over, never too late to be happy.
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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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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.
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Enjoyable does not necessarily mean easy.
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I like to think both – it’s not either/or. It’s and.
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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.
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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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One part of wisdom is knowing what you don’t need anymore and letting it go.
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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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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 the career you have chosen has some unexpected inconvenience, console yourself by reflecting that no career is without them.
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Working in Hollywood does give one a certain expertise in the field of prostitution.
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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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