Nancy Chodorow Quotes
"Even as kids reach adolescence, they need more than ever for us to watch over them. Adolescence is not about letting go. It's about hanging on during a very bumpy ride."
Quotes to Explore
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Today, I guess I give a lot more thought to the roles before I sign them.
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I love cycling.
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Muzzle a dog and he will bark out of the other end.
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We never left a set until we'd trashed it.
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I know that I have to give testimony about all the things I lived, but I need time.
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A lot of times when I've been offered film series and stuff, if they shoot in Los Angeles, I lose interest.
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Bono told me how to dance in high heels and he also told me about U2's Glastonbury performance and how everything that could have possibly gone wrong went wrong, including him ripping his trousers on stage. I think he was lunging and his trousers ripped! He was telling me how he had to find a new way of performing that didn't involve moving.
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I think we all carry the seeds of our own destruction. You really have to be aware that just because something is good, it doesn't mean it's not going to trigger a self-destructive impulse.
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Grandfather was an old-fashioned pharmacist who never ceased venting his resentment at the growing number of retail items the drugstore had to carry, and he would go into periods of fearful rage when the subject of chain stores was raised.
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I was into sports and swimming as a kid and didn't spend a whole lot of time sitting down. I was a gymnast.
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I'm not into nostalgia, and I only look back to find lessons.
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It seems like women are always told, 'It is not your time.'
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The role of culture is that it's the form through which we as a society reflect on who we are, where we've been, where we hope to be.
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To me, cinema is not a movie or a TV screen, and it's not a seat in a building versus one in your living room. It's the art of motion pictures.
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I do boxing; I do a little jiu jitsu, which I am obsessed with.
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'Brand-Dropping' is the term that the Kluger Agency coined to describe discreetly advertising by product mentioning in song, and we feel we can make this the way of the future without jeopardizing any artist's creative outlet or typical style.
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What the cops did to Rodney King was wrong, and the officers who beat him should be sent straight to prison.
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I made my own assessment of my life, and I began to live it. That was freedom.
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Men speak of natural rights, but I challenge any one to show where in nature any rights existed or were recognized until there was established for their declaration and protection a duly promulgated body of corresponding laws.
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You'd be surprised how many movie stars still care about the work.
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John Wayne treated me fine, but that macho stuff turns me off. It's not real.
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I love Lancome's L'Absolu Rouge lipstick, as it lasts. Unless you spend the whole night snogging, you won't need to reapply it.
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When you don't give yourself the time and care you need, your body rebels in the form of sickness and exhaustion.
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"Even as kids reach adolescence, they need more than ever for us to watch over them. Adolescence is not about letting go. It's about hanging on during a very bumpy ride."
