Zitat des Tages von Jane Fonda:
People think actresses find public speaking easy, and it's not easy at all; we're used to hiding behind masks.
If you're ever in a situation where you're not getting served or you can't get what you need, just cry.
My mother killed herself when I was 12. I won't complete that relationship. But I can try to understand her.
But the whole point of liberation is that you get out. Restructure your life. Act by yourself.
A man has every season while a woman only has the right to spring.
It's never too late - never too late to start over, never too late to be happy.
If adolescent pregnancy prevention is to become a priority, then our strategy, as advocates, must contain two key elements: civic engagement and education.
Ted needs someone to be there 100% of the time. He thinks that's love. It's not love - it's babysitting.
I love films that make you feel good when you come out and, in my opinion, there's not enough of them these days.
Telling lies and showing off to get attention are mistakes I made that I don't want my kids to make.
Some people are surprised that the Republicans are waging a war on women, or that they voted against equal pay for women. I'm not surprised at all. In some ways, it may be a good thing. They're defending the patriarchy, which is a wounded beast! And wounded beasts are always dangerous.
I am blessed beyond reason with women friends.
I know how gratifying it is not only to work in film but to be acknowledged by peers; producing '9 to 5' was an opportunity that I valued precisely because it's so rarely in the hands of women.
I'm a very brave person. I can go to North Vietnam, I can challenge my government, but I can't challenge the man I'm with if means I'm going to end up alone.
I feel like my honesty gives people the freedom to talk about things they wouldn't otherwise.
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.
All my life I had believed that unless I was perfect I would not be loved.
When you can't remember why you're hurt, that's when you're healed.
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.
We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
The most important thing to do as you age is to stay physically active. Lots of people just throw in the towel if they can't do what they used to do, and that's terrible.
I think feminism is about the spirit.
A good many dramatic situations begin with screaming.
Real love and intimacy can be much more possible when you're older.
I'm now the elder in the position of doling out wisdom and trying to mend fences.
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.
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.
We can no longer waste time and money. Every day, more than 2,000 girls in America, age 15-19, give birth - in the wealthiest, most educated nation in the world! Neither you nor I should accept this statistic.
Instead of drifting along like a leaf in a river, understand who you are and how you come across to people and what kind of an impact you have on the people around you and the community around you and the world, so that when you go out, you can feel you have made a positive difference.
I grew up with a deep belief that wherever our troops fought, they were on the side of the angels.
I have a confidence about my life that comes from standing tall on my own two feet.
If the career you have chosen has some unexpected inconvenience, console yourself by reflecting that no career is without them.
I see many more men who are feminist, or at least who have learned about life in the context of feminism.
Parents are supposed to give the child back to herself with love. If they've got duct tape over their eyes because of narcissism, it doesn't happen.
I've done four videos for older people under my new brand, Prime Time, and the missing link was yoga. I'm aiming it for older people - people who have never worked out or who are recovering from a surgery and have to start slow. It's easy, you can't get hurt, it's very doable, and I've done it in ten-minute segments.
You don't learn from successes; you don't learn from awards; you don't learn from celebrity; you only learn from wounds and scars and mistakes and failures. And that's the truth.
