Jane Fonda
(1937-)

American actress, Social Change Activist

birthdate: December 21
birthplace:
New York, New York

QUOTES

Women

"Adult women, all of us, have to come to grips with how we have been affected by gender norms, and how we have been silenced. We have to help our daughters. Understanding it within ourselves and helping our young girls stand up for themselves is one way."

"If you can intervene early in the lives of girls here and in other parts of the world, you can begin to change the prospects for the future."

But the whole point of liberation is that you get out. Restructure your life. Act by yourself.

Anti-War

"I was trying to help end the killing, "but there were times I was thoughtless and careless about it and I'm ... very sorry that I hurt them."

Our government was lying to us and men were dying because of it, and I felt I had to do anything that I could to expose the lies and help end the war.

“In my mind it takes a special kind of courage to risk your life in another country, for your own country. The men and women who came back and spoke out were a special kind of hero.”

MORE QUOTES

To be a revolutionary you have to be a human being. You have to care about people who have no power.

“It's never too late -- never too late to start over, never too late to be happy.”

"You can do one of two things; just shut up, which is something I don't find easy, or learn an awful lot very fast, which is what I tried to do."

 

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