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" People ask if I feel pigeon-holed by always doing the same kind of humorous role. But my tool has always been humor because it's the most entertaining way to put any ideology across, and it's fun, and it's positive, and it's a healer. Laughter is God's gift. I feel privileged to be able to do it. "

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" 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. "

Goldie Hawn

Freedom

Choice

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" Being a dancer is my metaphor for life because you have to know your body. Being a dancer and paying attention to fitness is all about moving in balance. "

" Attention for children is so much about input, and the brain can only filter so much - I don't know how many millions of messages that come through the brain, and we can only filter so much through it. "

" All I ever wanted to be was happy. "

" 'Private Benjamin' was the first movie I produced, and I produced it for practical reasons. "

" 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've worked alongside some very good directors and some not so good. "

" I believe that life is about doing. "

" 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. "

Goldie Hawn

Laugh

Joy

" It's nice for a woman to go out and have her own money and her own ability to do what she wants. "

" If you lose wonder, you've lost everything. "

" My tenacity and determination to be true to the person I had become were sacrosanct. "

" Continuing to listen and grow is important because we get into bad habits in relationships. "

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

" I think that's what makes a successful marriage: a mindful sense of self and the ability to make clear choices to stay together or choices not to. "

" I was always a performer, always on stage, but I also always believed I was going to go home, open a dance school, get married, and have what you would call a 'normal' life. "

" To me, it's that incredible sense of belonging and peace within your own self and heart that really is joy. "

Goldie Hawn

Heart

Belonging

" If you have a negative thought - 'I can't stand my boss' - it perpetuates a negative worldview. But if you supplant each negative thought with three positive ones, you begin to restructure your brain. "

" It's wonderful to move forward technologically, but we cannot forget that we are human beings who thrive on relationships, who thrive on interconnectivity, who thrive on sharing your feelings and emotions. "

" When the brain is silent, the executive function, which is this part of the brain that makes decisions, can work much better. So when you get quiet, you make better decisions. You're also more rested - you're not as reactive. "

" The truth is that no matter how old we are, as long as our mothers are alive, we want our mother. And it's a very powerful relationship if it's healthy. "

" My father was Presbyterian. "

Goldie Hawn

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

" I love making people laugh and by the way I still do that with the charitable efforts on my part because I believe that people need to laugh. "

" I'm a woman who was raised to believe that you are not complete unless you have a man. Well, in some ways it's true. I am a feminist to a point. But I'm not going to deny the fact that I love to be with men. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Buddhism is really, one of its main practices is understanding and experiencing compassion, and how that ultimately is a road to happiness. "