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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Creating a top team and being in a position to win the Tour de France will give me a nice feeling. But I know it is not easy to create a top team from zero. You need good riders, good staff, a lot of preparation and, most important, a lot of sponsors.
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I fell in love with my country - its rivers, prairies, forests, mountains, cities and people. No one can take my love of country away from me! I felt then, as I do now, it's a rich, fertile, beautiful land, capable of satisfying all the needs of its people. It could be a paradise on earth if it belonged to the people, not to a small owning class.
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When I was starting out, I always wanted to be able to do everything - comedy and drama and action, and everything in between. Film is so diverse, and it's fun to be able to take advantage of all of it.
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You just have to be yourself and make music you feel from your gut, and hopefully, your audience will respond.
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Once you make a mistake, it's kind of in your head what you need to do and what exactly is going on.
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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."
