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 HEPBURNI think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because they’re good or there because they’re lucky.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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Our Constitution was not intended to be used by … any group to foist its personal religious beliefs on the rest of us.
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The terrible thing about acting in the theater is that you have to do it at night.
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Cold sober, I find myself absolutely fascinating.
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Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do.
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If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.
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If you follow all of the rules, you’ll miss all of the fun.
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Time is the stuff of which life is made.
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People think that I’m tough and strong and that I kicked my way through everything. But they are wrong. The truth is that when I was young I was adorable and a trembling wreck.
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People who want to be famous are really loners. Or they should be.
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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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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.
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A sharp knife cuts the quickest and hurts the least.
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What the hell-you might be right, you might be wrong but don’t just avoid.
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I don’t believe in marriage. It’s bloody impractical. ‘To love, honor, and obey.’ If it weren’t, you wouldn’t have to sign a contract.
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I’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.
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