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" 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. "

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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. "

Goldie Hawn

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" The ability to remain calm and focused in stressful situations is central to making positive decisions. "

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

" The big money goes to kids and young men - big tent-pole movies, which are expensive but have a great return. "

" I do eat a lot of greens. I eat healthy, but I'm not a vegetarian. "

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

" 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. "

" At 11 years old, I made a very definitive decision, and my decision was that I wanted to be happy. Above and beyond anything I ever did in my life, I wanted to be happy. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" What we want to help children with is, just because you feel sad or happy or depressed doesn't mean that is who you are. We want them to know, 'I am really sad right now, but I am not a sad person.' "

" I walk every day, and I run and do all kinds of that. "

" I can't imagine, as a human being, not being able to grow. "

" I noted that people are happy here in India. When I went back home, people had everything in the materialistic sense and were surrounded with abundance, but they were not happy. "

" 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. "

" A body smiles, like, 72 times a day. Where does that smile go? That's what I want to know. "

" I've been practicing Buddhism for a while. So, I call myself a Jew-Bu, because my tribe is still Jew. But my philosophy and my practice is really Buddhist. "

" I was born Jewish, and I consider that my religion. But I've studied all religions, and as you learn more, you really learn that everyone's praying to the same God. "

Goldie Hawn

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" A lasting relationship isn't about marriage. It's about compatibility and communication. And you both need to want it to work. "

" My parents always supported me, but I was put to task. My father thought when I sang, I was sharp; my mother was upset when I wasn't in the first line at recitals. "

" What is happiness? Happiness, I think, has to come in the beginning, truly, from feeling a sense of well-being within yourself. "

" 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. "

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" 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. "

" My mother loved the Bible. "

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

Goldie Hawn

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" I had a tremendous amount of gay friends, so my whole life was basically like that... I never noticed who was gay or who was straight. "

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

Goldie Hawn

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" Mindfulness can help people of any age. That's because we become what we think. "

" I'm extremely proud of my daughter. She's done amazing work. She's worked on herself, which I think is important. "

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