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.
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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I like to think both – it’s not either/or. It’s and.
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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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It is never too late to master your weaknesses.
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Eat only when you are hungry-not because it is one o’clock or seven o’clock or whatever.
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It’s better to be interested than interesting.
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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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Go for the burn! Sweat!
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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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In this country, the only way a minority can get anything done is to make a little noise.
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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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We’ve got to establish a socialistic economic structure that will limit private, profit-oriented businesses.
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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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Physical fitness is a three-legged stool: strength, aerobic capacity, and flexibility.
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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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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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