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" 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?' "

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

" The biggest lesson we have to give our children is truth. "

" So curiosity, I think, is a really important aspect of staying young or youthful. "

" During the era when women were burning their bras - which, by the way, they never actually did - but when women were first becoming liberated, I was 23. And I met a woman who asked, 'Don't you feel bad because you're sort of acting like the stupid airhead blonde?' And I totally surprised myself. I said, 'Liberation can also come from the inside.' "

" 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'm a dreamer with lots of energy and a vivid imagination. That's the recipe for becoming an entertainer. "

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

" I have witnessed the softening of the hardest of hearts by a simple smile. "

" I think that men have tremendous ability to lead. And I think women have a tremendous ability to lead, and they lead differently, and it gives a wonderful perspective to the problems. "

" 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. "

" Central to our work and our goal of finding solutions to global problems is the concept of mindfulness, a technique for focusing attention objectively on the here and now. "

" We need to habituate better thinking to appreciate more of your day because that has a neurological correlate. "

" We go into restaurants, and people aren't talking anymore. They're texting. While they are sitting at a restaurant with each other. So we're losing this intimacy that we need to have as human beings. "

" I would like to see a mandate for social and emotional learning absolutely mandated in every state. "

" I'll bike up the mountain, or I'll do Pilates or spin. "

" You have to look to the future with optimism instead of negative ideas. Take the good and the bad and face it head on. "

" 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. "

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

" 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 want to know where joy lives. I'd interview scientists, religious leaders and heads of state. I'd want to find out exactly what makes people happy. I'd want to look into the biology, the chemistry of the human brain. "

" 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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" A marriage ends up being a business deal: no matter how long or short it is, somebody owes somebody money. "

" I believe that life is about doing. "

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

" I got a heart tattooed on my foot. It's my first tattoo. "

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

" All I ever wanted to be was happy. "

" 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. "