Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get – only with what you are expecting to give – which is everything.
KATHARINE HEPBURNIf you’re given a choice between money and sex appeal, take the money. As you get older, the money will become your sex appeal.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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What in the world would we do without our libraries?
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The terrible thing about acting in the theater is that you have to do it at night.
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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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Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do.
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Cold sober, I find myself absolutely fascinating.
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If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.
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To live creatively free, do what you know how to do now, then ‘act as if’ you know how to do the rest.
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Without discipline, there’s no life at all.
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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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Enemies are so stimulating.
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It’s not what you start in life, it’s what you finish.
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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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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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Acting is the perfect idiot’s profession.
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I believe how I act today will affect how I am tomorrow.
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If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.
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Acting is a nice childish profession – pretending you’re someone else and, at the same time, selling yourself.
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I don’t fear death, it must be like a long sleep.
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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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The only time I am ever miserable is when I do something just for the money.
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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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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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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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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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You can say or write anything about me you like. Just don’t, for any reason, ever tell the truth.
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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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