You give because you love and cannot help giving.
KATHARINE HEPBURNI 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.’
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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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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Loved people are loving people.
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You can’t change the music of your soul.
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I’ve made forty-three pictures. Naturally I’m adorable in all of them.
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I don’t fear death, it must be like a long sleep.
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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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What in the world would we do without our libraries?
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I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.
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He’s worked his entire life and he’s never lived a single moment, I mean not a moment, in the real world.
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Vitality! That’s the pursuit of life, isn’t it?
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People who want to be famous are really loners. Or they should be.
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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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Not everyone is lucky enough to understand how delicious it is to suffer.
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Isn’t it fun getting older? is really a terrible fallacy. That’s like saying I prefer driving an old car with a flat tire.
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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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Life is very hard, isn’t it? It does kill you, after 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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If you survive long enough, you’re revered – rather like an old building.
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Only when a woman decides not to have children, can a woman live like a man. That’s what I’ve done.
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If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.
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To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.
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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 believe how I act today will affect how I am tomorrow.
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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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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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Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about.
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