It is the plain women who know about love; the beautiful women are too busy being fascinating.
KATHARINE HEPBURNHe’s worked his entire life and he’s never lived a single moment, I mean not a moment, in the real world.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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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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Listen to the song of life.
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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 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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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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When I’ve been unsuccessful, I’ve been controlled. When I’ve been successful, I’ve been in control.
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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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We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers – but never blame yourself. It’s never your fault. But it’s always your fault, because if you wanted to change you’re the one who has got to change.
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People who want to be famous are really loners. Or they should be.
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Trying to be fascinating is an asinine position to be in.
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You are the only person you can actually change.
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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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A boy sows a wild oat or two, the world winks. A girl does the same — scandal.
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The woman’s position in the world today is so much harder than a man’s that it makes me choke every time I hear a man complain about anything.
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If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting.
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