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.
KATHARINE HEPBURNAs for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about.
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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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I was born lucky, and I have lived lucky. What I had was used. What I still have is being used. Lucky.
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I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.
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Life can be wildly tragic at times, and I’ve had my share. But whatever happens to you, you have to keep a slightly comic attitude. In the final analysis, you have got not to forget to laugh.
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It’s not what you start in life, it’s what you finish.
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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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Life gets harder the smarter you get, the more you know.
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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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The only time I am ever miserable is when I do something just for the money.
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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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What you see before you, my friend, is the result of a lifetime of chocolate.
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Our Constitution was not intended to be used by … any group to foist its personal religious beliefs on the rest of us.
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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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Never complain. Never explain.
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