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.
KATHARINE HEPBURNLove 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.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.
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Trying to be fascinating is an asinine position to be in.
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The only time I am ever miserable is when I do something just for the money.
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You can’t change the music of your soul.
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Life is hard. After all, it kills you.
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If you follow all of the rules, you’ll miss all of the fun.
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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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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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Acting is the perfect idiot’s profession.
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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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What the hell-you might be right, you might be wrong but don’t just avoid.
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I don’t think that work ever really destroyed anybody. I think that lack of work destroys them a hell of a lot more.
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I’m an atheist, and that’s it. I believe there’s nothing we can know except that we should be kind to each other and do what we can for people.
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If you survive long enough, you’re revered – rather like an old building.
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I don’t fear death, it must be like a long sleep.
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