Jane Fonda

You think you're being broken but you're really being broken open...and that's where the healing happens, in those broken places...if you'll allow it.

When you can't remember why you're hurt, that's when you're healed.

I was in my mid-40s. I was a bulimic, and I realized if I continue with this addiction of mine, I will not be able to continue doing my life. The older you get the more damage it does; it takes longer to recover from a binge. And it was very hard.

To make the revolution in the United States is a slow day by day job that requires patience and discipline. It is the only way to make it. . . . All I know is that despite the fact that I am one of the people who benefit from a capitalist society, I find that any system which exploits other people cannot and should not exist.

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.

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.

Namby-pamby little routines that don't speed up your heartbeat and make you sweat aren't worth your while.

I see many more men who are feminist, or at least who have learned about life in the context of feminism.

Stay curious, keep learning and keep growing. And always strive to be more interested than interesting.

If we as a nation are to break the cycle of poverty, crime and the growing underclass of young people ill equipped to be productive citizens, we need to not only implement effective programs to prevent teen pregnancy, but we must also help those who have already given birth so that they become effective, nurturing, bonding parents.

Through therapy and a lot of thinking and writing my memoirs, I've been able to use my life as a lesson.

The bond between a parent and child is the primary bond, the foundation for the rest of the child's life. The presence or absence of this bond determines much about the child's resiliency and what kind of adult they will grow up to be.

We understand that Nixon's aggression against Vietnam is a racist aggression, that the American war in Vietnam is a racist war, a white man's war...We deplore that you are being used as cannon fodder for U.S. imperialism. We've seen photographs of American bombs and antipersonnel weapons being dropped, wantonly, accidentally perhaps, on your heads, on the heads of your comrades.

You can do one of two things; just shut up, which is something I don't find easy, or learn an awful lot very fast, which is what I tried to do.

I grew up with a deep belief that wherever our troops fought, they were on the side of the angels.

I am blessed beyond reason with women friends.

Working in Hollywood does give one a certain expertise in the field of prostitution.

We are not meant to be perfect; we are meant to be whole

Feminism is not just about women; it's about letting all people lead fuller lives.

The vulnerability of opening your heart fully and deeply to another is terrifying, but at a point in my 50s, I realized that I had to step up to the plate.

I've been accused of being too flexible, too willing to mold myself to men, and that's something I'm constantly working on.