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If you survive long enough, you’re revered – rather like an old building.

Katharine Hepburn

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.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Connection Expectation Generosity Love Yourself
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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Appearance Choice Money Sex Yourself
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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Myself People Strong Thinking Tough Tremble Young
Don’t moan, don’t whine, don’t blame. Just get on with it.
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Blame Complain Myself Sex
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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Atheist Believe Each Other Exception Myself People
Trying to be fascinating is an asinine position to be in.
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Fascination Position Try
If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.
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Interest Person Yourself
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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Character Children Myself Selfish Stop Terrible
The terrible thing about acting in the theater is that you have to do it at night.
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Act Night Terrible Theatre Time Yourself
I was brought up by two extremely intelligent people who gave me the greatest gift that man can give anyone, and that is freedom from fear.
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Fear Greatness Intelligence Man Myself People
Dressing up is a bore. At a certain age, you decorate yourself to attract the opposite sex, and at a certain age, I did that. But I’m past that age.
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Age Attraction Decoration Myself Past Time
Acting is the perfect idiot’s profession.
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Act Idiot Perfection Professional
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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Complain Man Myself Position Time Woman World
You learn in life that the only person you can really correct and change is yourself.
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Change Correct Learning Life Yourself
If you follow all of the rules, you’ll miss all of the fun.
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Fun Missing Rule Yourself
You can say or write anything about me you like. Just don’t, for any reason, ever tell the truth.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Reason Truth Writing Yourself

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