I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.
KATHARINE HEPBURNBeing a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesn’t interest you, don’t do it – I would have made a terrible mother.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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I think everyone is an opportunist if they have an opportunity.
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I don’t care WHAT the say about me, as long as it’s not the truth.
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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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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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Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then.
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If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.
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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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Without discipline, there’s no life at all.
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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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You can’t change the music of your soul.
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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 don’t believe in marriage. It’s bloody impractical. ‘To love, honor, and obey.’ If it weren’t, you wouldn’t have to sign a contract.
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It is the plain women who know about love; the beautiful women are too busy being fascinating.
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People who want to be famous are really loners. Or they should be.
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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.
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