Marlo Thomas quotes

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. (Marlo Thomas)
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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Never face facts; if you do you'll never get up in the morning. View quote
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I was learning that, even for a woman with power, the path was dotted with land mines-she's so ambitious. she's so aggressive. she's ruthless. "Funny thing," I used to say, "a man has to be Joe McCarthy to be called ruthless... all a woman has to do is put you on hold." View quote
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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. View quote
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As much success came to him, my father stayed true to his promise. He built the hospital to help the most helpless children with catastrophic illnesses. View quote
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A man has to be Joe McCarthy to be called ruthless. All a woman has to do is put you on hold. View quote
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I think loss of loved ones is the hardest blow in life. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. (Marlo Thomas)
One of the many reasons I love living in New York is that we get a front row seat to the innumerable thrills that take place here - from conventions and awards shows, to parades and U.N. assemblies. But my favorite New York tradition is the annual New Year's Eve ball-drop on Times Square. View quote
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Nothing is either all masculine or all feminine except having sex. View quote
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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. View quote
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The rejection that we all take and the sadness and the aggravation and the loss of jobs and all of the things that we live through in our lives, without a sense of humor, I don't know how people make it. View quote
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What the results are telling them is that the most money is spent in volume by young people. They also see young people as the consumers of tomorrow and are trying to capture their attention from their competitors. View quote
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The Golden Girls certainly proved that there was a large audience for a show about older women. View quote
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In my work, there's a tremendous amount of rejection and waves of fertile and fallow times. View quote
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I realize now that I was a feminist and the minute I heard the word I certainly knew it meant me, but at that time I don't think we had the label yet. But there's no doubt about it that I was born a feminist. View quote
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Today, all patients accepted for treatment at St. Jude's are treated without regard for the family's ability to pay. Everything beyond what is covered by insurance is taken care of, and for those without insurance, all of the medical costs are absorbed by the hospital. View quote
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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. (Marlo Thomas)
So I still seized the power, but I felt that if I officially made myself the boss, in black and white, it would be too intimidating for the other producers and the other men who worked on the show. In other words, I had the power, but I gave them the title. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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