Katharine Hepburn on life
Katharine Hepburn105 quotes“Time is the stuff of which life is made.”
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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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Katharine HepburnKatharine Hepburn 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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Katharine HepburnKatharine Hepburn You politicians remain professional because the voters remain amateur.
Katharine HepburnKatharine Hepburn 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 HepburnKatharine Hepburn The terrible thing about acting in the theater is that you have to do it at night.
Katharine HepburnKatharine Hepburn Silence the artist and you have silenced the most articulate voice the people have.
Katharine HepburnKatharine Hepburn Children need boundaries, so they can know how far they have to go to get beyond them.
Katharine HepburnKatharine Hepburn Everyone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant, but inside I was always quaking.
Katharine HepburnKatharine Hepburn 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.
Katharine HepburnKatharine Hepburn You give because you love and cannot help giving.
Katharine HepburnKatharine Hepburn Being an actor is such a humiliating experience because you are selling yourself to the public, your face, your personality, and that is humiliating. As you get older, it becomes more humiliating because you’ve got less to sell.
Katharine HepburnKatharine Hepburn I was born lucky, and I have lived lucky. What I had was used. What I still have is being used. Lucky.
Katharine HepburnKatharine Hepburn Life gets harder the smarter you get, the more you know.
Katharine HepburnKatharine Hepburn I don’t fear death, it must be like a long sleep.
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And that is how time heals, not by erasing but by blurring all the memories.
VesmirVesmir Let me follow my dream. Let me follow my queen.
Moses AlexanderMoses Alexander Be kind to yourself, the way you would be to someone you love.
Courtney PeppernellCourtney Peppernell We need to surrender ourselves to the water before we can climb the spiral ladder.
Nikol MejdnNikol Mejdn You gave me the courage to rise but my darling robin why did you fly leaving me behind these four walls all alone?
Ophelia ScarlettOphelia Scarlett Giving up your dreams is easy, but ask yourself is it really easy to live without dreams?
Sania AbbasSania Abbas It’s funny how we say a person ‘made’ us when they actually broke us. Sort of like how I say ‘funny’ – but I actually mean sad.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki You can’t keep living backwards – Reminiscing on what was, And terrified to pursue What could be.
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Diary S.HDiary S.H Her dreams, visions, and goals were in love with her, they beautifully came to life.
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