It’s not what you start in life, it’s what you finish.
KATHARINE HEPBURNIt’s how you live that really counts.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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Vitality! That’s the pursuit of life, isn’t it?
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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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I don’t regret anything I’ve ever done; as long as I enjoyed it at the time.
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Children need boundaries, so they can know how far they have to go to get beyond them.
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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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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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Being 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.
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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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Love fattens on smooth words.
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As one goes through life, one learns that if you don’t paddle your own canoe, you don’t move.
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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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Silence the artist and you have silenced the most articulate voice the people have.
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The only time I am ever miserable is when I do something just for the money.
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You give because you love and cannot help giving.
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Never complain. Never explain.
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