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

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" Women, by nature, are a certain way; they think a certain way. Women are web thinkers. We think wide... Why? Because we have children. Why? Because we were born as women to have children and to be able to take care of them. We do so many things at once. "

" When you have a Jewish mother who has a very strong Jewish family, it's very ethnic in its practices. Eating brisket, the food and the family and the interconnectedness for better or worse. "

" 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 need to be bound to someone, then it's important to be married. If you are independent, then it's important to not be married. "

" I guess I came to know this about myself: for better or worse, I don't give up. "

" It is not the question, what am I going to be when I grow up; you should ask the question, who am I going to be when I grow up. "

" 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? "

" Moms and dads don't last forever. If you've got unfinished business, we need to face that, and that's not easy. Every child wants to love their mother and their father. Love is the most important thing, and when they feel rejected and unloved, that hole can never be filled by anyone else. "

" I wrote the book because I wanted to be able to share some things that I had learned and as pompous as that may sound, as you get to a certain point in life, you figure so what am I doing? "

" 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 don't like facial hair, and I don't like kissing facial hair, as you cant find the lips. "

" I believe having religion in your life creates the potential for long-lasting relationships. "

" I never quite fit in - at least, from my own perspective, you know. "

" Sadly, so many arts programs have been eliminated from schools due to budget constraints. These creative outlets are so very important, not only for a child's well-being, but also for self-expression and fun. "

" My father was Presbyterian. "

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" I would have been long divorced if I got married. "

" I'm not a proponent of staying together and being miserable and damaged and coming through actually a more battered person. "

" Youthfulness is connected to the ability to see things new for the first time. So if your eyes still look at life with wonder, then you will seem young, even though you may not be chronologically young. "

" Listening is huge. Learn to listen. And it's hard: relationships are not easy; most of them don't last. I mean, when you look at what's really going on. So every day is a choice, and sense of freedom is important. "

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" Love is something in the heart and in the mind, so why would you chastise anyone for that? And this is something that I feel very strongly about. "

" No relationship is easy, and nobody should ever think it is. The minute you start forgetting the needs of the other person is when you get in trouble. "

" People talk about the brain weakening as it ages. Mine feels stronger. "

" The interesting part of my spiritual life is studying as much as you can. Islam and Buddhism and Hinduism and Shamanism and Judaism, Christianity - you try to learn what the precepts are, what the religion is, and ultimately, it's based in the same thought, it's based in the same outcome, you know. "

" Whether you're an actor, producer, writer, or director, it's all about the story you're going to tell. "

" It's ridiculous to have to base your relationship on money. "

" A child's giggle tickles me deeply, and it breaks my heart when that begins to disappear. So I do what I can to create opportunities for children to continue to laugh and rediscover their joy. "

" Meditation helps people balance and calibrate their left-right brain. "