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.
KATHARINE HEPBURNTo be loved is very demoralizing.
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To live creatively free, do what you know how to do now, then ‘act as if’ you know how to do the rest.
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You learn in life that the only person you can really correct and change is yourself.
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Loved people are loving people.
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You don’t pick who you fall in love with. There are so few people to love. It’s hard for one adult to even like another. Almost impossible.
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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 think everyone is an opportunist if they have an opportunity.
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Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about.
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The notion that work is a burden is a terrible mistake. Working and facing up to one’s responsibilities: That’s happiness.
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If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.
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Isn’t it fun getting older? is really a terrible fallacy. That’s like saying I prefer driving an old car with a flat tire.
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Listen to the song of life.
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I’ve made forty-three pictures. Naturally I’m adorable in all of them.
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I could peel you like a pear and god himself would see the justice in it.
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To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.
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To be loved is very demoralizing.
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Love fattens on smooth words.
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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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Cold sober, I find myself absolutely fascinating.
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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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Life is hard. After all, it kills you.
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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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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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Wouldn’t it be great if people could get to live suddenly as often as they die suddenly?
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If you follow all of the rules, you’ll miss all of the fun.
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If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.
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I believe how I act today will affect how I am tomorrow.
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