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.
JANE FONDAIf 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.
More Jane Fonda Quotes
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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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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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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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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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In this country, the only way a minority can get anything done is to make a little noise.
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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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Refuse to be afraid that we will no longer be considered attractive and acceptable when we are strong.
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No distractions. Center yourself. This is your time.
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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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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 allow yourself, you can become stronger in the very places that you’ve been broken.
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I finally got it: empower girls and everything changes.
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I think what’s happening in the world – there’s nothing more dangerous than a wounded beast, and the patriarchy is wounded.
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Instead of drifting along like a leaf in a river, understand who you are and how you come across to people and what kind of an impact you have on the people around you and the community around you and the world, so that when you go out, you can feel you have made a positive difference.
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You can run the office without a boss, but you can’t run an office without secretaries.
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