Silence the artist and you have silenced the most articulate voice the people have.
KATHARINE HEPBURNThe notion that work is a burden is a terrible mistake. Working and facing up to one’s responsibilities: That’s happiness.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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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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Enemies are so stimulating.
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Loved people are loving people.
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It’s either some kind of electricity or some kind of energy. I don’t know what it is, but whatever it is, I’ve got it.
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You are the only person you can actually change.
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If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.
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I think everyone is an opportunist if they have an opportunity.
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If you need a helping hand, you can find one at the end of your arm.
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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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Don’t moan, don’t whine, don’t blame. Just get on with it.
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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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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.’
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The terrible thing about acting in the theater is that you have to do it at night.
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Acting is the perfect idiot’s profession.
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