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I Believe People Have Different Ways Of Approaching The Word. For Me, It's Metaphor, Written By People A Long Time After Christ Died And Interpreted By Specific Groups. I Read The Gospels That Aren't Included In The Bible. These Make Me Feel Good About Calling Myself A Christian.

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I Believe People Have Different Ways Of Approaching The Word. For Me, It's Metaphor, Written By People A Long Time After Christ Died And Interpreted By Specific Groups. I Read The Gospels That Aren't Included In The Bible. These Make Me Feel Good About Calling Myself A Christian.

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The Sex Is Better And I Understand Life Better. I Don't Want To Be Young Again.

Our Young People Are Assets To Be Cultivated And Nurtured; Let's Begin Treating Them That Way.

It's Never Too Late - Never Too Late To Start Over, Never Too Late To Be Happy.

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The Institution Of Marriage Is Obsolete.

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.

My Life Is A Stairway To Heaven, Not A 'decline Into Decrepitude.

Exercise Teaches You The Pleasure Of Discipline.

A Mother Who Is Obsessing About Being Thin And Dieting And Exercising Is Not Going To Be A Very Good Mother.

I See Many More Men Who Are Feminist, Or At Least Who Have Learned About Life In The Context Of Feminism.

I Finally Got It: Empower Girls And Everything Changes.

If Our Work Is Stimulating And Rewarding, If It Pushes Us To Grow...we Become More Valuable Human Beings.

Be A Good Example And Hope The Partner Gets The Hint. Any Partner Who Would Attempt To Sabotage My Fitness Regime I Would Leave... Wrong Partner.

The People Who Did You Wrong Or Who Didn't Quite Know How To Show Up, You Forgive Them. And Forgiving Them Allows You To Forgive Yourself Too.

Forgive Yourself

My Mother Killed Herself When I Was 12. I Won't Complete That Relationship. But I Can Try To Understand Her.

Female Listeners Are Leaving Traditional Talk Radio Because Of The Rough-edged, Shouting Nature Of It. Women Want More Light And Less Heat.

My Position On The Pow Issue Has Been Widely Misquoted And Taken Out Of Context. What I Originally Said And Have Continued To Say Is That The Pow's Are Lying If They Assert It Was North Vietnamese Policy To Torture American Prisoners.

Go For The Burn! Sweat!

I Left Acting For 15 Years, And I Think It's Really Nice To Have Another Life. I Took Too Much For Granted When I Was Younger. I Didn't Really Want To Be An Actor. I Didn't Really Love It. And So I Made A Lot Of Mistakes. Oddly, I Care Much More About It Now. I Feel Like A Complete Novice.

Declare A Truce And Accept Food As A Life-giving Friend.

I Found That You're More Powerful When Talking From Your Soul.

I Don't Want My Wrinkles Taken Away - I Don't Want To Look Like Everyone Else.

Working In Hollywood Does Give One A Certain Expertise In The Field Of Prostitution.

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 Think The Entire World Is Going To Be United Against Us.

Beware Of Men Who Use Words That Relate Pejoratively To Females When Describing The 'other Side.

Teach Girls To Read And To Work At Something Where They Can Bring Home Money - And The Entire Balance Of Power Shifts.

Seek Women Mentors. If You're A Businesswoman, Look At The Tedx Conferences. There's A Lot Of Businesswomen That Speak On There. I Find Them Extremely Inspiring.

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.

So Much Is Made Of Good, Strong Roles For Women. Actually, It's Really Interesting Playing Vulnerable People As Well.

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.

Perfection Is A Toxic Desire. We Are Not Supposed To Be Perfect. The Challenge Is Not To Be Perfect, It's To Be Whole.

When You Can't Remember Why You're Hurt, That's When You're Healed.

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In This Country, The Only Way A Minority Can Get Anything Done Is To Make A Little Noise.

You Are Being Used As Cannon Fodder For U.s. Imperialism.

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When I Was At The Age When You Were Supposed To Be Glamorous If You Were A Movie Star, I Wasn't.

Revolution Is An Act Of Love; We Are The Children Of Revolution, Born To Be Rebels. It Runs In Our Blood.

Physical Fitness Is A Three-legged Stool: Strength, Aerobic Capacity, And Flexibility.

All My Life I Had Believed That Unless I Was Perfect I Would Not Be Loved.

You Spend All Your Life Trying To Do Something They Put People In Asylums For.

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.

The Secret Of Losing Weight Is Patience.

Getting Fit Is A Political Act - You Are Taking Charge Of Your Life.

Fitness Motivational

Every Woman Should Eat For The Long Run So She Can Manage The Short Stops Of Crisis.

When You Can't Remember Why You're Hurt, That's When You're Healed. When You Have To Work Real Hard To Re-create The Pain, And You Can't Quite Get There, That's When You're Better.

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