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" A man has to be Joe McCarthy to be called ruthless. All a woman has to do is put you on hold. "
Marlo Thomas
Joe
Woman
You
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" Living with these teenage boys allowed me to see how much their psyches were like their girl counterparts. They were more familiar to me than I would have thought. "
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Living
" It's because it was at a time when women didn't have any power. It was so unusual for a young woman in her 20s to have power that I seized the power but tried not to flaunt it. "
Marlo Thomas
Women
Power
Woman
" Women should know that they don't have to hang on to an old dream that has stopped nurturing them - that there is always time to start a new dream. "
Marlo Thomas
Start
Dream
Women
" I realize now that I was a feminist and the minute I heard the word I certainly knew it meant me, but at that time I don't think we had the label yet. But there's no doubt about it that I was born a feminist. "
Marlo Thomas
Think
Time
Realize
" Our many different cultures notwithstanding, there's something about the holidays that makes the planet communal. Even nations that do not celebrate Christmas can't help but be caught up in the collective spirit of their neighbors, as twinkling lights dot the landscape and carols fill the air. It's an inspiring time of the year. "
Marlo Thomas
Celebrate
Help
Lights
" What the results are telling them is that the most money is spent in volume by young people. They also see young people as the consumers of tomorrow and are trying to capture their attention from their competitors. "
Marlo Thomas
Results
People
Money
" My father said there were two kinds of people in the world: givers and takers. The takers may eat better, but the givers sleep better. "
Marlo Thomas
Father
World
Wisdom
" One of the things about equality is not just that you be treated equally to a man, but that you treat yourself equally to the way you treat a man. "
Marlo Thomas
Equality
Man
Way
" I don't think homosexuality is a choice. Society forces you to think it's a choice, but in fact, it's in one's nature. The choice is whether one expresses one's nature truthfully or spends the rest of one's life lying about it. "
Marlo Thomas
You
Life
Nature
" So I still seized the power, but I felt that if I officially made myself the boss, in black and white, it would be too intimidating for the other producers and the other men who worked on the show. In other words, I had the power, but I gave them the title. "
Marlo Thomas
Power
Myself
Boss
" In the 1960s we were fighting to be recognized as equals in the marketplace, in marriage, in education and on the playing field. It was a very exciting, rebellious time. "
Marlo Thomas
Education
Time
Marriage
" Never face facts; if you do you'll never get up in the morning. "
Marlo Thomas
Facts
You
Up
" The Golden Girls certainly proved that there was a large audience for a show about older women. "
Marlo Thomas
Golden
Older Women
Women
" In my work, there's a tremendous amount of rejection and waves of fertile and fallow times. "
Marlo Thomas
Amount
Waves
Times
" As much success came to him, my father stayed true to his promise. He built the hospital to help the most helpless children with catastrophic illnesses. "
Marlo Thomas
Help
True
Success
" When I was growing up, my mother was always a friend to my siblings and me (in addition to being all the other things a mom is), and I was always grateful for that because I knew she was someone I could talk to and joke with, and argue with and that nothing would ever harm that friendship. "
Marlo Thomas
Me
Mother
Mom
" We are a research center and treatment facility all under one roof. "
Marlo Thomas
Research
Treatment
Roof
" Fame lost its appeal for me when I went into a public restroom and an autograph seeker handed me a pen and paper under the stall door. "
Marlo Thomas
Pen
Lost
Me
" Today, all patients accepted for treatment at St. Jude's are treated without regard for the family's ability to pay. Everything beyond what is covered by insurance is taken care of, and for those without insurance, all of the medical costs are absorbed by the hospital. "
Marlo Thomas
Care
Today
Medical
" One of the many reasons I love living in New York is that we get a front row seat to the innumerable thrills that take place here - from conventions and awards shows, to parades and U.N. assemblies. But my favorite New York tradition is the annual New Year's Eve ball-drop on Times Square. "
Marlo Thomas
Love
Place
New York
" I think loss of loved ones is the hardest blow in life. "
Marlo Thomas
Think
Sympathy
Loved
" Despite our ever-connective technology, neither Skype nor Facebook - not even a telephone call - can come close to the joy of being with loved ones in person. "
Marlo Thomas
Person
Technology
Skype
" Laughter is important, not only because it makes us happy, it also has actual health benefits. And that's because laughter completely engages the body and releases the mind. It connects us to others, and that in itself has a healing effect. "
Marlo Thomas
Healing
Happy
Mind
" I find that balancing my life with my work with the kids at St. Jude, working on books, working on my career as an actor and taking time out for my husband and family help to cushion a lot of the blows. "
Marlo Thomas
My Life
Help
Life