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.
JANE FONDAPerfection is a toxic desire. We are not supposed to be perfect. The challenge is not to be perfect, it’s to be whole.
More Jane Fonda Quotes
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The institution of marriage is obsolete.
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We’re not meant to be perfect. It took me a long time to learn that.
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Look what scares you in the face and try to understand it. Empathy is revolutionary.
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We’ve got to establish a socialistic economic structure that will limit private, profit-oriented businesses.
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My greatest asset is that I am constantly changing.
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It’s better to be interested than interesting.
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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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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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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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You can run the office without a boss, but you can’t run an office without secretaries.
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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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I finally got it: empower girls and everything changes.
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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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Ultimately we must concern ourselves with pulling out by its roots the decadence that controls our culture, the profit motive that controls our culture.
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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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