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.
KATHARINE HEPBURNTrying to be fascinating is an asinine position to be in.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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To be loved is very demoralizing.
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It would be a terrific innovation if you could get your mind to stretch a little further than the next wisecrack.
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Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get – only with what you are expecting to give – which is everything.
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It’s not what you start in life, it’s what you finish.
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Listen to the song of life.
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Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do.
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Without discipline, there’s no life at all.
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What you see before you, my friend, is the result of a lifetime of chocolate.
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Life is very hard, isn’t it? It does kill you, after all.
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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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Not everyone is lucky enough to understand how delicious it is to suffer.
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Don’t moan, don’t whine, don’t blame. Just get on with it.
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I have not lived as a woman. I have lived as a man. I’ve just done what I damn well wanted to, and I’ve made enough money to support myself, and ain’t afraid of being alone
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The time to make up your mind about people is never.
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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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A boy sows a wild oat or two, the world winks. A girl does the same — scandal.
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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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When I’ve been unsuccessful, I’ve been controlled. When I’ve been successful, I’ve been in control.
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I like to move fast, and wearing high heels was tough, and low heels with a skirt is unattractive. So pants took over.
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You can’t change the music of your soul.
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Trying to be fascinating is an asinine position to be in.
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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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Love fattens on smooth words.
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If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.
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The average Hollywood film star’s ambition is to be admired by an American, courted by an Italian, married to an Englishman and have a French boyfriend.
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You learn in life that the only person you can really correct and change is yourself.
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