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.
JANE FONDAThe institution of marriage is obsolete.
More Jane Fonda Quotes
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No distractions. Center yourself. This is your time.
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The more you treat yourself positively, the less you’ll want or need to be negative.
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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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We’re not meant to be perfect. It took me a long time to learn that.
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Relationships are the oxygen of the psyche.
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Go for the burn! Sweat!
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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.
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I am not a do-gooder. I am a revolutionary. A revolutionary woman.
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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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Eat only when you are hungry-not because it is one o’clock or seven o’clock or whatever.
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If our work is stimulating and rewarding, if it pushes us to grow…we become more valuable human beings.
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Don’t give up. There are lessons to be learned even in the most horrendous pain. And you don’t know that when you’re young.
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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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The most incredible beauty and the most satisfying way of life come from affirming your own uniqueness.
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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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