If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.
KATHARINE HEPBURNI don’t think that work ever really destroyed anybody. I think that lack of work destroys them a hell of a lot more.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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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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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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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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What in the world would we do without our libraries?
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If you’re given a choice between money and sex appeal, take the money. As you get older, the money will become your sex appeal.
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Never complain. Never explain.
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To be loved is very demoralizing.
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I realised long ago that skirts are hopeless. Anytime I hear a man say he prefers a woman in a skirt, I say, ‘Try one. Try a skirt.’
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Not everyone is lucky enough to understand how delicious it is to suffer.
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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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When I’ve been unsuccessful, I’ve been controlled. When I’ve been successful, I’ve been in control.
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Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about.
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It’s either some kind of electricity or some kind of energy. I don’t know what it is, but whatever it is, I’ve got it.
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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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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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