Nobody owes anybody anything; it’s up to each individual to set high standards for himself or herself, and to set about working hard and creating a solid future.
KATHARINE HEPBURNIf you’re given a choice between money and sex appeal, take the money. As you get older, the money will become your sex appeal.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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Cold sober, I find myself absolutely fascinating.
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I don’t regret anything I’ve ever done; as long as I enjoyed it at the time.
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When I’ve been unsuccessful, I’ve been controlled. When I’ve been successful, I’ve been in control.
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Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get — only what you are expecting to give — which is everything. What you will receive in return varies. But it really has no connection with what you give. You give because you love and cannot help giving.
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Children need boundaries, so they can know how far they have to go to get beyond them.
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What in the world would we do without our libraries?
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Acting is a nice childish profession – pretending you’re someone else and, at the same time, selling yourself.
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What the hell-you might be right, you might be wrong but don’t just avoid.
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As one goes through life, one learns that if you don’t paddle your own canoe, you don’t move.
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You can’t change the music of your soul.
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If you’re given a choice between money and sex appeal, take the money. As you get older, the money will become your sex appeal.
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I wear my sort of clothes to save me the trouble of deciding which clothes to wear.
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The only time I am ever miserable is when I do something just for the money.
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If you need a helping hand, you can find one at the end of your arm.
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Love fattens on smooth words.
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I think everyone is an opportunist if they have an opportunity.
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Being an actor is such a humiliating experience because you are selling yourself to the public, your face, your personality, and that is humiliating. As you get older, it becomes more humiliating because you’ve got less to sell.
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You give because you love and cannot help giving.
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What you see before you, my friend, is the result of a lifetime of chocolate.
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If you survive long enough, you’re revered – rather like an old building.
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I was born lucky, and I have lived lucky. What I had was used. What I still have is being used. Lucky.
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If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.
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Everyone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant, but inside I was always quaking.
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Listen to the song of life.
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I have not lived as a woman. I have lived as a man. I’ve just done what I damn well wanted to, and I’ve made enough money to support myself, and ain’t afraid of being alone
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Life is very hard, isn’t it? It does kill you, after all.
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