Jane Fonda Quotes
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I have a confidence about my life that comes from standing tall on my own two feet.
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It's an unfair position, so you can do one of two things: just shut up, which is something I don't find easy, or just learn an awful lot very fast, which is what I tried to do.
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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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It's hard for women at my age in Hollywood, but I'm not discouraged.
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My love life is wonderful.
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Our young people are assets to be cultivated and nurtured; let's begin treating them that way.
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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 have people in my life who will say, 'Honey, you're trying too hard.' I like being saucy, but I'm 73 and a half. I'm still trying to find my way between matronly and coltishness.
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I love films that make you feel good when you come out and, in my opinion, there's not enough of them these days.
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When I was at the age when you were supposed to be glamorous if you were a movie star, I wasn't.
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I love mistakes because it's the only way you learn.
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I was always a courageous woman, capable of confronting governments but not men.
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I don't think there's anything more important than making peace before it's too late. And it almost always falls to the child to try to move toward the parent.
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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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One part of wisdom is knowing what you don't need anymore and letting it go.
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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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If adolescent pregnancy prevention is to become a priority, then our strategy, as advocates, must contain two key elements: civic engagement and education.
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I've been accused of being too flexible, too willing to mold myself to men, and that's something I'm constantly working on.
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The trick is to be Zen about it. Winning is sometimes not the prize
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When you can't remember why you're hurt, that's when you're healed.
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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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The institution of marriage is obsolete
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My mother killed herself when I was 12. I won't complete that relationship. But I can try to understand her.
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The '60s may be idealized in the movie from a cultural point of view, but the decade was all about discord and a big generational split that was very painful.