Latest Marlo Thomas Quotes from Interviews

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• What I love about the theater is the work ethic. I grew up with it.

  Marlo Thomas

  Work Ethic, Ethics, Grew Up

  "Marlo Thomas on her dad and why everyone needs to be free". Interview with Mark Kennedy, www.businessinsider.com. October 9, 2015.

• It's so important to raise people to grow up to be who they are and not be forced to be who they're not. What an awful thing to do to people - it's like being in prison.

  Marlo Thomas

  Growing Up, People, Important

  "Marlo Thomas on her dad and why everyone needs to be free". Interview with Mark Kennedy, www.businessinsider.com. October 9, 2015.

• Be who you are. Otherwise, you end up committing suicide. You end up marrying people when you shouldn't be marrying them and having terrible, secret lives.

  Marlo Thomas

  Suicide, People, Be Who You Are

  "Marlo Thomas on her dad and why everyone needs to be free". Interview with Mark Kennedy, www.businessinsider.com. October 9, 2015.

• One of the things women are very good at, that's networking. Women are not afraid to say, "I need." They're not afraid. Men won't even ask for directions. Women will tell each other when they need something. Women will tell each other when their husband is having an affair. Men don't do that.

  Marlo Thomas

  Husband, Men, Networking

  Source: www.pbs.org

• If you want to get somewhere in six months, you're not going to get there by wishing it.

  Marlo Thomas

  Wish, Six Months, Want

  Source: www.pbs.org

• It's important to think big, but you've got to work small.

  Marlo Thomas

  Thinking, Important, Think Big

  Source: www.pbs.org

• 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.

  Marlo Thomas

  People, Pearls, Want

  Source: collider.com

• 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.

  Marlo Thomas

  Thinking, Two, People

  Source: collider.com

• 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 Thomas

  Team, Two, People

  Source: collider.com

• 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.

  Marlo Thomas

  Firefighter, Choices, Needs

  Source: collider.com

• If you really need to, you have to make it happen.

  Marlo Thomas

  Needs, Happens, Make It Happen

  Source: collider.com

• 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.

  Marlo Thomas

  Girl, Country, Jobs

  Source: collider.com

• You can't be happy, if you're not free and you're not fulfilling yourself.

  Marlo Thomas

  Fulfilling, Ifs

  Source: collider.com