Enemies are so stimulating.
KATHARINE HEPBURNThe notion that work is a burden is a terrible mistake. Working and facing up to one’s responsibilities: That’s happiness.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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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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I 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.
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I would have been a terrible mother because I’m basically a very selfish human being. Not that that has stopped most people going off and having children.
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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 never realized until lately that women were supposed to be the inferior sex.
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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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Only when a woman decides not to have children, can a woman live like a man. That’s what I’ve done.
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Life is very hard, isn’t it? It does kill you, after all.
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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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I think everyone is an opportunist if they have an opportunity.
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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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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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I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.
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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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