#or

There was a very serious communist strain among American intellectuals before the war. America was a more tolerant place in those days, and Communists were not treated as pariahs. That ended with the McCarthy era. ↗

— Ken Follett

#american #among #before #communist #communists

We both grew up at a time when homosexuality was not even spoken about. There were certainly no books that could help a young person understand that two people of the same sex could build a happy, productive and loving life together. When we entered our 50th year, another same sex couple told us we were ‘an inspiration’, so we began to feel we had the responsibility to make what we’ve experienced available to others. We also wanted to show people who were not gay that our life was not unlike theirs. We are all pretty much the same, so we deserve equal protection under the Constitution. ↗

— Norman Sunshine

#double-life #love-story #norman-sunshine #equality

I've had affairs. But I'm not the sort of man who has 10,000 affairs. ↗

— Gerard Depardieu

#had #i #man #sort #who

Ford didn't know what to do with Mister Roberts that wasn't repeating what was successful in New York. He was trying to do things to the play that would be his in the film. ↗

— Henry Fonda

#ford #his #know #mister #new

I've had to work very hard, and I don't really have a category or fit into any niche, so each time I come out with a new record, it's like, I'm a new guy. ↗

— Lenny Kravitz

#category #come #each #fit #guy

Children born to teens have less supportive and stimulating environments, poorer health, lower cognitive development, and worse educational outcomes. Children of teen mothers are at increased risk of being in foster care and becoming teen parents themselves, thereby repeating the cycle. ↗

— Jane Fonda

#being #born #care #children #cognitive

I think it's important that the rest of the world know that we're not all the same and that we don't all have the sort of arrogance it feels like they're perceiving from our leaders. ↗

— James Denton

#feels #i #i think #important #know

A man should not strive to eliminate his complexes but to get into accord with them: they are legitimately what directs his conduct in the world. ↗

— Sigmund Freud

#complexes #conduct #directs #eliminate #get

I know how gratifying it is not only to work in film but to be acknowledged by peers; producing '9 to 5' was an opportunity that I valued precisely because it's so rarely in the hands of women. ↗

— Jane Fonda

#because #film #gratifying #hands #how

I was in my mid-40s. I was a bulimic, and I realized if I continue with this addiction of mine, I will not be able to continue doing my life. The older you get the more damage it does; it takes longer to recover from a binge. And it was very hard. ↗

— Jane Fonda

#addiction #binge #continue #damage #does