Everyone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant, but inside I was always quaking.
KATHARINE HEPBURNAll my life, I’ve stayed at parties too long because I didn’t know when to go.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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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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A sharp knife cuts the quickest and hurts the least.
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I don’t think that work ever really destroyed anybody. I think that lack of work destroys them a hell of a lot more.
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I love rain. It’s lucky, I always think.
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Not everyone is lucky enough to understand how delicious it is to suffer.
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You can’t change the music of your soul.
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Wouldn’t it be great if people could get to live suddenly as often as they die suddenly?
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Being an actor is such a humiliating experience because you are selling yourself to the public, your face, your personality, and that is humiliating. As you get older, it becomes more humiliating because you’ve got less to sell.
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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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Without discipline, there’s no life at all.
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If you survive long enough, you’re revered – rather like an old building.
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If you need a helping hand, you can find one at the end of your arm.
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If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.
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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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To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.
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