Latest Ashley Judd Quotes from Interviews

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• For Native Americans, the most shameful and powerful corrective gesture is to literally and physically turn one's back upon a person who has transgressed, and then after they've been banished for a while, they come back into the circle and the members of the tribe say every good thing that person has ever done, because they have to be welcomed back.

  Ashley Judd

  Powerful, Native American, Done

  Source: www.esquire.com

• Cross-generational sex is the phenomenon in which young girls are given material goods in exchange for sex. All girls are vulnerable to it, particularly orphans.

  Ashley Judd

  Girl, Sex, Vulnerable

  "Ashley Judd: The Good Fight". Interview with Lucy Kaylin, www.marieclaire.com. November 13, 2006.

• I have a very ecumenical faith. I have a very inclusive faith. There's a quote I love from recovery literature that says, "The realm of the spirit is roomy and broad. It is open to all." I've absolutely staked my life on that.

  Ashley Judd

  Recovery, Literature, Spirit

  Source: www.pbs.org

• I do think prayer is powerful and it is not to be diminished. Some of us who are struggling to put food on the table and are wondering where the next paycheck is coming from or have dangerous health situations and they don't have access to appropriate care do pray - do pray for yourselves and for others.

  Ashley Judd

  Powerful, Prayer, Struggle

  Source: www.pbs.org

• I have a lot of love to give, and when I give that love and others are able to receive it and show me their vulnerability, I believe that God inhabits that space, which means I basically hang out with God a lot, and that's why I feel hopeful.

  Ashley Judd

  Believe, Mean, Space

  Source: www.pbs.org

• God doesn't make mistakes and timing unfolds as it should.

  Ashley Judd

  Mistake, Making Mistakes, Timing

  Source: www.pbs.org

• Everyone can relate to depression. It touches so many. Suicide is the leading cause of death among teenagers. Statistics show that women suffer from depression more than men, but that is probably because men don't report it as much.

  Ashley Judd

  Suicide, Teenager, Men

  "Helen : Film Review & Interview with Ashley Judd". Interview with Joseph Smigelski, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 26, 2010.

• It doesn't matter what you've done in the past - what matters are the choices you make right now. God gives you the chance to start over with every breath.

  Ashley Judd

  Past, What Matters, Giving

  "Ashley's Secret Life". Interview with Laurie Sandell, www.glamour.com. July 9, 2006.

• When I allow myself to feel all my feelings instead of numbing myself to them, they pass more quickly. I spent my entire life telling everyone I was "OK, damn it." But when you surrender to the [uncomfortable] feelings, there are gifts on the other side: Allowing yourself to feel loneliness forces you to reach out. Letting yourself get angry gives you strength, energy and motivation.

  Ashley Judd

  Motivation, Loneliness, Uncomfortable Feeling

  "Ashley's Secret Life". Interview with Laurie Sandell, www.glamour.com. July 9, 2006.

• It is better to begin in the evening than not at all.

  Ashley Judd

  Evening

  "Ashley's Secret Life". Interview with Laurie Sandell, www.glamour.com. July 9, 2006.

• A wonderful pastor I know once told me, "Perfectionism is the highest order of self-abuse." So now I try to remind myself that if I engage in perfectionism, I am abusing myself. Period.

  Ashley Judd

  Self, Order, Abuse

  "Ashley's Secret Life". Interview with Laurie Sandell, www.glamour.com. July 9, 2006.

• The way things happen on social media is so abusive and everyone needs to take personal responsibility for what they write and not allowing this misinterpretation and shaming culture on social media to persist.

  Ashley Judd

  Responsibility, Writing, Media

  "Hardball" with Chris Matthews, www.nbcnews.com. March 20, 2015.