Marlo Thomas Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“Where will I be five years from now? I delight in not knowing. That's one of the greatest things about life its wonderful surprises.”
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“You can't be happy, if you're not free and you're not fulfilling yourself.”
-- Marlo ThomasSource : Source: collider.com
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“My father said there were two kinds of people in the world: givers and takers. The takers may eat better, but the givers sleep better.”
-- Marlo ThomasSource : FaceBook post by Marlo Thomas from Jun 25, 2015
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“What I'm loving about Hilary Clinton is that she has the job that's been held mostly by men. She's made it her job, not only to be a very tactful diplomat, but she travels the world, spotlighting what's going on with girls and women, in every country that she goes to. That has been so unique.”
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“Never face facts; if you do, you'll never get up in the morning.”
-- Marlo ThomasSource : Marlo Thomas (2014). “It Ain't Over . . . Till It's Over: Reinventing Your Life--and Realizing Your Dreams--Anytime, at Any Age”, p.19, Simon and Schuster
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“If you really need to, you have to make it happen.”
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“One of the things about equality is not just that you be treated equally to a man, but that you treat yourself equally to the way you treat a man.”
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“Women have to make a living. We don't live in a wealthy world where we even have a choice. We're losing our choice of whether or not we need to work. If we want to work, we obviously should work and have that choice, but a lot of women can't even get to the word "want." They need to work. And it's great to see women who needed to work and found a way to become a firefighter or a steel worker. That, to me, is very exciting.”
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“Small steps can help people make big changes to achieve what they really desire. That wish isn't going to go anywhere unless you do something about it. Every day, just do one thing. At the end of six months, you'll be somewhere.”
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“I have this theory that there are two kinds of people in the world, people who stop at a traffic accident and those that just drive by. If I see a traffic accident, I am going to stop. I do notice. I don't think that makes me a good or bad person, or anybody else better or worse.”
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“Women should know that they don't have to hang on to an old dream that has stopped nurturing them - that there is always time to start a new dream.”
-- Marlo ThomasSource : "It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over: Making A Case For Condoms" by Marlo Thomas, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 25, 2012.
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“One woman is a pest and two women is a team, but three women or more is a coalition. If you can bring a lot of people together as a coalition, you can get a lot changed.”
-- Marlo ThomasSource : Source: collider.com
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“Laughter is important, not only because it makes us happy, it also has actual health benefits. And that's because laughter completely engages the body and releases the mind. It connects us to others, and that in itself has a healing effect.”
-- Marlo ThomasSource : "De-Stressing Through Laughter - 10 Ways It Improves Your Health" by Marlo Thomas, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 1, 2013.
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“People don't want to be bothered, if they're not being pressured to change. You have to push people. You have to be the agitator that makes the pearl.”
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“Fame lost its appeal for me when I went into a public restroom and an autograph seeker handed me a pen and paper under the stall door.”
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“A society is judged by the way it cares for its most vulnerable citizens. As an American, I am ashamed that we have turned out backs on millions of our children. I want to do my part to rectify this terrible situation.”
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“A feminist is a man or woman who already knows for a fact that men and women are qual and wants society to wake up to that fact, so the world can stop operating at half-strength.”
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“In the 1960s we were fighting to be recognized as equals in the marketplace, in marriage, in education and on the playing field. It was a very exciting, rebellious time.”
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“It's because it was at a time when women didn't have any power. It was so unusual for a young woman in her 20s to have power that I seized the power but tried not to flaunt it.”
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“I was an educated girl. I'd done very well in school. I had a good point average and graduated from USC as an English teacher. My dad didn't even finish high school.”
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“When I was growing up, my mother was always a friend to my siblings and me (in addition to being all the other things a mom is), and I was always grateful for that because I knew she was someone I could talk to and joke with, and argue with and that nothing would ever harm that friendship.”
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“I think loss of loved ones is the hardest blow in life.”
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“I don't think homosexuality is a choice. Society forces you to think it's a choice, but in fact, it's in one's nature. The choice is whether one expresses one's nature truthfully or spends the rest of one's life lying about it.”
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“I find that balancing my life with my work with the kids at St. Jude, working on books, working on my career as an actor and taking time out for my husband and family help to cushion a lot of the blows.”
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“For me, it's the unexpected and surprising combinations of produce that are the most exciting and lure me into the kitchen for a little bit of experimenting. Apples and sweet potatoes together? Who knew? Carrots with grapes? Okay. I may not be Julia Child, but I can do pretty well with a simple recipe and a lot of enthusiasm.”
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“Despite our ever-connective technology, neither Skype nor Facebook - not even a telephone call - can come close to the joy of being with loved ones in person.”
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“I think that there's got to be a comic gene in some way, but it's so much about it is how you grow up.”
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“We've been taught to believe that actions speak louder than words. But I think words speak pretty loud all of our lives; we carry these words in our head.”
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“I think in my case, I had no choice but to have a good sense of humor. I grew up with my dad, Danny Thomas, and George Burns and Bob Hope and Milton Berle and Sid Caesar and all those guys were at our house all the time and telling jokes and making each other laugh.”
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“My mother was a strong-willed and opinionated woman - a Sicilian! - and if she didn't like something, she'd let you know about it. So her undying support of her kids went a long way in proving to us that we were on the right path.”
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