It’s how you live that really counts.
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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I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.
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Life gets harder the smarter you get, the more you know.
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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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Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about.
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If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.
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When I’ve been unsuccessful, I’ve been controlled. When I’ve been successful, I’ve been in control.
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What the hell-you might be right, you might be wrong but don’t just avoid.
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You politicians remain professional because the voters remain amateur.
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I’m a legend because I’ve survived over a long period of time and still seem to be master of my fate – I’m still paddling the goddamned boat myself.
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Vitality! That’s the pursuit of life, isn’t it?
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Trying to be fascinating is an asinine position to be in.
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To live creatively free, do what you know how to do now, then ‘act as if’ you know how to do the rest.
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If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.
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What you see before you, my friend, is the result of a lifetime of chocolate.
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The only time I am ever miserable is when I do something just for the money.
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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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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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Children need boundaries, so they can know how far they have to go to get beyond them.
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I could peel you like a pear and god himself would see the justice in it.
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I don’t care WHAT the say about me, as long as it’s not the truth.
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I’ve made forty-three pictures. Naturally I’m adorable in all of them.
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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 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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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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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 was born lucky, and I have lived lucky. What I had was used. What I still have is being used. Lucky.
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