Dressing up is a bore. At a certain age, you decorate yourself to attract the opposite sex, and at a certain age, I did that. But I’m past that age.
KATHARINE HEPBURNI’m a legend because I’ve survived over a long period of time and still seem to be master of my fate – I’m still paddling the goddamned boat myself.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then.
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The time to make up your mind about people is never.
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Not everyone is lucky enough to understand how delicious it is to suffer.
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I could peel you like a pear and god himself would see the justice in it.
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I have many regrets, and I’m sure everyone does. The stupid things you do, you regret if you have any sense, and if you don’t regret them, maybe you’re stupid.
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If you need a helping hand, you can find one at the end of your arm.
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I don’t feel the slightest interest in the next world; I think it’s here. And I think anything good that you’re going to do, you should do for other people here and not so you can try to have a happy time in the next world.
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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 follow all of the rules, you’ll miss all of the fun.
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Cold sober, I find myself absolutely fascinating.
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Life is very hard, isn’t it? It does kill you, after all.
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I think everyone is an opportunist if they have an opportunity.
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It’s not what you start in life, it’s what you finish.
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You learn in life that the only person you can really correct and change is yourself.
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Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesn’t interest you, don’t do it – I would have made a terrible mother.
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