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American - Actress Born: November 21, 1937

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.

Wisdom Father People Sleep

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.

Believe Words Speak Think

Our many different cultures notwithstanding, there's something about the holidays that makes the planet communal. Even nations that do not celebrate Christmas can't help but be caught up in the collective spirit of their neighbors, as twinkling lights dot the landscape and carols fill the air. It's an inspiring time of the year.

Christmas Time Celebrate Holidays

In my work, there's a tremendous amount of rejection and waves of fertile and fallow times.

Work Waves Rejection Tremendous

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.

Me Pen Door Fame

You know, there's endorphins in laughter, as there are endorphins in running in the park.

You Laughter Know Park

I think loss of loved ones is the hardest blow in life.

Life Loved Sympathy Think

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.

Life Nature You Society

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.

Health Happy Mind Laughter

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.

Me Simple Together Sweet

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Losing my parents was probably the hardest and deepest blow from which I've had to recover.

Parents Losing Deepest Hardest

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.

Friendship Me Mother Grateful

I've always been a champion of kids pursuing their dreams. But sometimes in life, extraordinary circumstances may force us to temporarily put our dreams on hold. The most important thing is to never lose sight of that dream, no matter what punches life may throw in our way.

Life Dreams Champion Sometimes

One of the best parts of Thanksgiving for me is re-watching some of the classic holiday blunders that have been depicted on television. I remember laughing uncontrollably on the set of 'That Girl' back in 1967 when we shot the episode, 'Thanksgiving Comes But Once A Year, Hopefully' during our second season.

Thanksgiving Best Me Girl

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.

Man You Yourself Equality

Never face facts; if you do you'll never get up in the morning.

Morning You Face Facts

A man has to be Joe McCarthy to be called ruthless. All a woman has to do is put you on hold.

Man You Woman Hold

Nothing is either all masculine or all feminine except having sex.

Sex Nothing Either Having

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.

Success Father Children Hospital

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.

Family Today Medical Care

We are a research center and treatment facility all under one roof.

Research Roof Center Treatment

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.

Women Time Woman Power

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.

Myself Black And White Power Black

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.

Me Time Think Born

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 Marriage Time Equality

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.

Me Girl Thought See

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