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" If you have a sense of yourself, your mission, your belief system, those things will lead you to success. "

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" My mother was the kind of person who was very much part of her tribe and very much a satellite of her tribe. She was the girl who left her family at the age of 17 and went to Washington. My mother was orphaned at three and then was brought up by my aunt Goldie. So, yes she belonged, but there was a part of her that didn't. "

" If you're going to train your body, it would be a really good thing to also train your brain. "

" We can't turn a blind eye to the importance of the well-being of our children, and we need to pay close attention to building the future leaders of tomorrow. "

" I think journaling is an important, intrinsic experience, and a lot of us don't spend enough time on it. "

" When I turned 50, I asked some of my girlfriends, all actresses of the same age, 'What are we going to do now?' I wanted to go live somewhere for a while, learn archaeology, or take part in healing the world on some level. I wanted to dig deep and say, 'Who am I now? What do I have to offer? What do I have to learn?' "

" I always wanted to understand the causes of happiness. I'm a bit of a scientist, I guess you could say. "

" When I started go-go dancing on tables for a living, I didn't want to tell my mom or my dad. I made 25 dollars a night, and I was able to make my rent, with the four girls I lived with. "

" I try to stay positive and be very, very active. "

" My eyes are too big, my nose is too flat, my ears stick out, my mouth is too big and my face is too small... my body is thin as a clarinet and my ankles are so skinny that I wear two pairs of bobby socks because I don't want people to see how thin they are. "

" I'm not afraid of my femininity and I'm not afraid of my sexuality. "

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" I've been practicing modalities of Eastern philosophy since about 1972. What I've learned through my meditation is a sense of equanimity, a sense of all things being equal. "

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" I am compelled to continuously see the bright side. It is in my DNA. My kids look at me and say: 'Mom, you're so happy!' And I do feel happy. I feel joyful inside. I can't explain it. "

" I feel there are injustices in the world that I'll stand up for, and I think that it's important to realize that the world is filled with these kinds of issues. "

" In relationships, particularly love relationships, people are impatient. "

" What helps with aging is serious cognition - thinking and understanding. You have to truly grasp that everybody ages. Everybody dies. There is no turning back the clock. So the question in life becomes: What are you going to do while you're here? "

" Familiarize yourself with the parts of your brain and their function. "

" Don't tell me I can't do that. Watch me. Don't tell me I can't direct this movie. Watch me. "