I think what’s happening in the world – there’s nothing more dangerous than a wounded beast, and the patriarchy is wounded.
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.
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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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Relationships are the oxygen of the psyche.
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Think about it: Reducing crime and poverty and ensuring that we have an educated, stable work force has a direct effect on you and me and the future of our country.
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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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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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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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In this country, the only way a minority can get anything done is to make a little noise.
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Look what scares you in the face and try to understand it. Empathy is revolutionary.
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I’m an assistant storyteller. It’s like being a waiter or a gas-station attendant, but I’m waiting on six million people a week, if I’m lucky.
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I am not a do-gooder. I am a revolutionary. A revolutionary woman.
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Physical fitness is a three-legged stool: strength, aerobic capacity, and flexibility.
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We’ve got to establish a socialistic economic structure that will limit private, profit-oriented businesses.
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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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We are not meant to be perfect; we are meant to be whole.
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It’s better to be interested than interesting.
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