Life can be wildly tragic at times, and I’ve had my share. But whatever happens to you, you have to keep a slightly comic attitude. In the final analysis, you have got not to forget to laugh.
KATHARINE HEPBURNI don’t regret anything I’ve ever done; as long as I enjoyed it at the time.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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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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If you survive long enough, you’re revered – rather like an old building.
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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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The notion that work is a burden is a terrible mistake. Working and facing up to one’s responsibilities: That’s happiness.
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I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.
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You learn in life that the only person you can really correct and change is yourself.
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Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do.
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All my life, I’ve stayed at parties too long because I didn’t know when to go.
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You can say or write anything about me you like. Just don’t, for any reason, ever tell the truth.
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I think all good actors are personalities. If they’re not, they’re not stars. What makes you a star is horsepower.
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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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He’s worked his entire life and he’s never lived a single moment, I mean not a moment, in the real world.
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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.
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I could peel you like a pear and god himself would see the justice in it.
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