I never realized until lately that women were supposed to be the inferior sex.
KATHARINE HEPBURNIt’s how you live that really counts.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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I’ve always thought men and women are not too well suited to each other. It’s inevitable that they should come together, but, again, how well suited are they to live together in the same house?
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The only time I am ever miserable is when I do something just for the money.
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The average Hollywood film star’s ambition is to be admired by an American, courted by an Italian, married to an Englishman and have a French boyfriend.
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You politicians remain professional because the voters remain amateur.
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There are no laurels in life, just new challenges.
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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 think that work ever really destroyed anybody. I think that lack of work destroys them a hell of a lot more.
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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 love rain. It’s lucky, I always think.
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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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The notion that work is a burden is a terrible mistake. Working and facing up to one’s responsibilities: That’s happiness.
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I’m a legend because I’ve survived over a long period of time and still seem to be master of my fate – I’m still paddling the goddamned boat myself.
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It’s not what you start in life, it’s what you finish.
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I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because they’re good or there because they’re lucky.
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