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Aging Is A Staircase - The Upward Ascension Of The Human Spirit, Bringing Us Into Wisdom, Wholeness And Authenticity. As You May Know, The Entire World Operates On A Universal Law: Entropy, The Second Law Of Thermodynamics. Entropy Means That Everything In The World, Everything, Is In A State Of Decline And Decay, The Arch. There's Only One Exception To This Universal Law, And That Is The Human Spirit, Which Can Continue To Evolve Upwards.

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Aging Is A Staircase

Jane Fonda

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Aging Is A Staircase - The Upward Ascension Of The Human Spirit, Bringing Us Into Wisdom, Wholeness And Authenticity. As You May Know, The Entire World Operates On A Universal Law: Entropy, The Second Law Of Thermodynamics. Entropy Means That Everything In The World, Everything, Is In A State Of Decline And Decay, The Arch. There's Only One Exception To This Universal Law, And That Is The Human Spirit, Which Can Continue To Evolve Upwards.

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In Spite Of The Incident, My Experience In Kansas City Was Wonderful And I Thank All The Warm And Supportive People, Including So Many Veterans, Who Came To Welcome Me Last Night.

When A Child Enters The World Through You, It Alters Everything On A Psychic, Psychological And Purely Practical Level.

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.

I Like Playing That Character Who Brings Love To People, Who Puts People In A Place Where They're Apt To Encounter Love.

As I Saw My 60th Birthday Approaching, I Thought,what Did 60 Mean To Me? I Figured I'd Probably Live Until I'm About 90, Which Meant That I Was At The Beginning Of What I Call My Third Act. As An Actress, I Know How Important The Third Act Is. It Makes Sense Of The First And Second Acts. You Can Have First And Second Acts That Are Interesting, But You Don't Know What They Mean. Then A Good Third Act Pulls It All Together. And So I Knew That, Because I Sat By My Father's Side Over The Long Months When He Was Dying.

The Skin Is Our Body's Envelope, The Wrapping That Delivers Us To The World. If We Understand How The Skin Functions In Mid-life And Adjust Goals And Life-styles Appropriately, We'll Be Surprised How Much Better We Can Look.

To Do Life Right, You Have To Feel Like You're Growing Up Until The Day You Die. The Thing I'm Proudest Of Is That I Have Stayed Curious. I Have Every Intention, When I'm On My Deathbed, Of Saying, "oh, My God - I Get It!"

What's Totally Terrifying Is That, Unlike A Musician Who Has A Musical Instrument, Or A Painter That's Got A Canvas And A Brush, Acting Is Us. Our Energy, Our Soul, Our Spirits. And It's So Hard Because It's So Vulnerable. You're Exposing Everything.

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.

Wounds And Scars

There Are No Shortcuts And No Sweatless Quickies.

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.

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.

I Feel Like My Honesty Gives People The Freedom To Talk About Things They Wouldn't Otherwise.

I Always Carry Yeast Flakes And Bran With Me When I Travel.

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