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It is the plain women who know about love; the beautiful women are too busy being fascinating.

Katharine Hepburn

Everyone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant, but inside I was always quaking.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Arrogant Bold Fear Myself Thinking
Not everyone is lucky enough to understand how delicious it is to suffer.
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Delicious Enough Luck Perspective Suffering Understand
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.’
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Hope Time Try Woman
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
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.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Art Goodness Myself People Secret
Wouldn’t it be great if people could get to live suddenly as often as they die suddenly?
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Greatness Live Myself People
Acting is a nice childish profession – pretending you’re someone else and, at the same time, selling yourself.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Children Pretend Sell Time Yourself
To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.
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Act Character Stop Time Yourself
The notion that work is a burden is a terrible mistake. Working and facing up to one’s responsibilities: That’s happiness.
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Burden Happiness Mistake Responsibility Terrible Work
The time to make up your mind about people is never.
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Make Up Mindset People Time
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.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Feeling Interest Myself People Thinking World
You give because you love and cannot help giving.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

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.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Appearance Choice Money Sex Yourself
What the hell-you might be right, you might be wrong but don’t just avoid.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Avoid Hell Right Wrong Yourself
Children need boundaries, so they can know how far they have to go to get beyond them.
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Beyond Boundary Children
If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.
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Fun Missing Obey Rule Yourself

It is the plain women who know about love; the beautiful women are too busy being fascinating.

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