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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."
Action
"Living with these teenage boys allowed me to see how much their psyches were like their girl counterparts. They were more familiar to me than I would have thought."
Thought
"The Golden Girls certainly proved that there was a large audience for a show about older women."
Woman
"I think loss of loved ones is the hardest blow in life."
Life
"Nothing is either all masculine or all feminine except having sex."
Sex
"A man has to be Joe McCarthy to be called ruthless. All a woman has to do is put you on hold."
Man
"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."
Father
"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."
Education
"In that I found being able to talk to my family about my feelings, praying for strength and realizing that our lives have a deep purpose and the journey of our lives is to find out what that is and express it, was the only way I could have gotten through it."
Family
"It's fascinating for us women to begin looking at our lives in five-year plans. It really does help you keep on track. If that's too hard, start with a two-year plan."
Woman
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"We looked up to our father. He still is much greater than us."
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Personal Development
"A dramatic thing, the first time you stand up to your dad."
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Personal Development
"It was something she didn't want me to do because she thought the rejection would ruin my self-esteem. My father was, like, 'If she wants to try it, let her try it.'"
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Personal Development
"My parents were involved in everything I did. They were showbiz people themselves. My dad was an actor. They were parents; they did what parents are supposed to do."
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"Johnny Mercer was my father's best friend and became mine as well. And Harold Arlen, whom I would call Uncle Harry, and Harry Warren: those were ones who I really became close to."
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"I would ask my dad what he did, and he'd say, 'I listen to people's problems.' In some way what he did for a living is in my genes."
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"My mom and dad are both in stand-up comedy, so that's where I started, that's where I got everything. My roots are holding the mic."
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"Laura Bush went on national television during the week of my father's funeral and spoke out against embryonic stem cell research, pointing out that where Alzheimer's is concerned, we don't have proof that stem-cell treatment would be effective."
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"I worked with my son when he was much younger; we did L.A. Law together, where I played his father and he played a kid who was suing his father for alienation of affection or something. It was great."
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"My father was my teacher. But most importantly he was a great dad."
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