Look what scares you in the face and try to understand it. Empathy is revolutionary.
JANE FONDAWe all, in fact, carry so many people inside us; the only difference is that actors get paid for it, and we sort of spruce it up a bit.
More Jane Fonda Quotes
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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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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 don’t know if a country (America) where the people are so ignorant of reality and of history, if you can call that a free world.
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Good physical condition is protection. Our strength comes from our body.
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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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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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The institution of marriage is obsolete.
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I was shocked into the realization that I myself had played an unwitting role as a movie star and sex symbol in perpetrating the stereotypes that affected women all over the world.
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It is never too late to master your weaknesses.
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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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We don’t need to be perfect. We’re not supposed to be perfect; we’re supposed to be complete. And you can’t be complete if you’re trying to be perfect.
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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’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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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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Stay curious, keep learning and keep growing. And always strive to be more interested than interesting.
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