I have a confidence about my life that comes from standing tall on my own two feet. Jane Fonda More Quotes by Jane Fonda More Quotes From Jane Fonda I thought I had learned how to have an intimate relationship. And I thought I'd learned how to be happy. Everybody has issues. For me, the challenge is intimacy, but I really didn't start to get that until I turned 60. Jane Fonda intimateintimacychallenges Relationships are the oxygen of the psyche. Jane Fonda friendlinessoxygen Go for the burn! Sweat! Jane Fonda sweatwork-out We're not meant to be perfect. It took me a long time to learn that. Jane Fonda long-timeperfectlong One part of wisdom is knowing what you don't need anymore and letting it go. Jane Fonda let-it-goknowingneeds Physical fitness is a three-legged stool: strength, aerobic capacity, and flexibility. Jane Fonda stoolsthreecapacity 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. Jane Fonda gas-stationswaitingpeople 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. Jane Fonda brokenhealingthinking Sex and intimacy are not the same: You can have sex all your life and never be intimate with a person. There has to be empathy in the relationship. You have to enjoy seeing through their eyes. When you're with them, you're there and not thinking about what you're gonna do tomorrow. Jane Fonda empathyeyethinking Christ was the first feminist and because of that I've learned from his teaching to call myself a Christian feminist, adding that her faith is not a matter of traditions and dogmas but, rather, a spiritual experience. Jane Fonda teachingspiritualchristian Winning means some kind of approval of the Establishment which means people will more readily accept me, may be less frightened of me and other people who speak out. Jane Fonda speaks-outwinningmean If you understood what communism was, you would hope, you would pray on your knees that we would some day become communist. . . . I, a socialist, think that we should strive toward a socialist society, all the way to communism. Jane Fonda kneeswaythinking We don't need to be perfect. We're not supposed to be perfect; we're supposed to be complete. And you can't be complete if you're trying to be perfect. Jane Fonda perfecttryingneeds When I'm in Canada, I feel this is what the world should be like. Jane Fonda canadashouldworld I think the Internet and technology in general has changed everything. We can see it overseas even more with the Arab Spring and so forth. Jane Fonda technologyspringthinking Refuse to be afraid that we will no longer be considered attractive and acceptable when we are strong. Jane Fonda attractiverefusestrong We're still living with the old paradigm of age as an arch. That's the old metaphor: You're born, you peak at midlife and decline into decrepitude. Jane Fonda motivationinspirationbirthday 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. Jane Fonda equal-paywarpeople 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. Jane Fonda direct-effectcountrythinking If you can intervene early in the lives of girls here and in other parts of the world, you can begin to change the prospects for the future. Jane Fonda futurewomengirl
