I have a confidence about my life that comes from standing tall on my own two feet.
JANE FONDAWomen are rising. And I think that’s all the violence and war – it could be the last gasp of the patriarchy, actually.
More Jane Fonda Quotes
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The secret of losing weight is patience.
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We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
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I’ll smoke pot every now and then. I cannot see a movie on pot. The number of movies I’ve seen thinking, This is probably the best I have ever seen, and then I’ll see it again sober and think, What was I thinking?
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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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If the career you have chosen has some unexpected inconvenience, console yourself by reflecting that no career is without them.
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No distractions. Center yourself. This is your time.
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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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But the whole point of liberation is that you get out. Restructure your life. Act by yourself.
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You think you’re being broken but you’re really being broken open…and that’s where the healing happens, in those broken places…if you’ll allow it.
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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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Someone once said that under the bell jar of compliance, the only thing that blooms is rage.
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Winning means some kind of approval of the Establishment which means people will more readily accept me, may be less frightened of me and other people who speak out.
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Look what scares you in the face and try to understand it. Empathy is revolutionary.
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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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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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We’re not meant to be perfect. It took me a long time to learn that.
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One part of wisdom is knowing what you don’t need anymore and letting it go.
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The institution of marriage is obsolete.
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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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You can run the office without a boss, but you can’t run an office without secretaries.
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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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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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I feel like when I was an adolescent, and felt so unworthy of love and so empty, I moved outside of myself.
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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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Enjoyable does not necessarily mean easy.
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Physical fitness is a three-legged stool: strength, aerobic capacity, and flexibility.
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