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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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'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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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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I should learn the language of a politician - give away as little and keep the rest to yourself. Not lie, I just want to be more guarded.
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It's harder and harder to make a well-done romantic comedy these days because the conventions have been so played out.
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The founder of the Mona Foundation actually knew my dad for years, and the more I learned about it, the more I realized I really found the perfect charity. It sponsors schools and educational initiatives all over the planet.
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President Obama has decided that he wants his presidential library to be in Chicago, not Hawaii. Today Hawaii's governor said, 'Great, who's going to want to come to Hawaii now?'
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Loving you is like a Song I replay every 3 Minutes and 30 Seconds of every Day.
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All mothers have intuition. The great ones have radar.
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What does this world need: gifted men and women, outwardly empowered? Or individuals who are broken, inwardly transformed?
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I've always said we need to build resilience locally.
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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."
