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 HEPBURNNobody 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.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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I think all good actors are personalities. If they’re not, they’re not stars. What makes you a star is horsepower.
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The time to make up your mind about people is never.
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Life is very hard, isn’t it? It does kill you, after all.
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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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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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Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get — only what you are expecting to give — which is everything. What you will receive in return varies. But it really has no connection with what you give. You give because you love and cannot help giving.
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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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I have many regrets, and I’m sure everyone does. The stupid things you do, you regret if you have any sense, and if you don’t regret them, maybe you’re stupid.
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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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I have no romantic feelings about age. Either you are interesting at any age or you are not. There is nothing particularly interesting about being old – or being young, for that matter.
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Love fattens on smooth words.
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The only time I am ever miserable is when I do something just for the money.
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Don’t moan, don’t whine, don’t blame. Just get on with it.
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Never complain. Never explain.
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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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