You are the only person you can actually change.
KATHARINE HEPBURNWhen I’ve been unsuccessful, I’ve been controlled. When I’ve been successful, I’ve been in control.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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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.
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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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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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Loved people are loving people.
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It’s not what you start in life, it’s what you finish.
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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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Enemies are so stimulating.
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I don’t feel the slightest interest in the next world; I think it’s here. And I think anything good that you’re going to do, you should do for other people here and not so you can try to have a happy time in the next world.
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You politicians remain professional because the voters remain amateur.
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If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.
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If you follow all of the rules, you’ll miss all of the fun.
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He’s worked his entire life and he’s never lived a single moment, I mean not a moment, in the real world.
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I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.
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It’s how you live that really counts.
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You learn in life that the only person you can really correct and change is yourself.
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What the hell-you might be right, you might be wrong but don’t just avoid.
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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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Love fattens on smooth words.
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I have not lived as a woman. I have lived as a man. I’ve just done what I damn well wanted to, and I’ve made enough money to support myself, and ain’t afraid of being alone
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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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We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers – but never blame yourself. It’s never your fault. But it’s always your fault, because if you wanted to change you’re the one who has got to change.
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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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Never complain. Never explain.
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Vitality! That’s the pursuit of life, isn’t it?
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The time to make up your mind about people is never.
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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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