It would be a terrific innovation if you could get your mind to stretch a little further than the next wisecrack.
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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Nobody owes anybody anything; it’s up to each individual to set high standards for himself or herself, and to set about working hard and creating a solid future.
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If you survive long enough, you’re revered – rather like an old building.
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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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Cold sober, I find myself absolutely fascinating.
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The woman’s position in the world today is so much harder than a man’s that it makes me choke every time I hear a man complain about anything.
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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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I have no romantic feelings about age. Either you are interesting at any age or you are not. There is nothing particularly interesting about being old – or being young, for that matter.
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Not everyone is lucky enough to understand how delicious it is to suffer.
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Listen to the song of life.
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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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If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting.
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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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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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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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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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