People who want to be famous are really loners. Or they should be.
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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Silence the artist and you have silenced the most articulate voice the people have.
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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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I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.
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Cold sober, I find myself absolutely fascinating.
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You politicians remain professional because the voters remain amateur.
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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’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 was brought up by two extremely intelligent people who gave me the greatest gift that man can give anyone, and that is freedom from fear.
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What in the world would we do without our libraries?
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I like to move fast, and wearing high heels was tough, and low heels with a skirt is unattractive. So pants took over.
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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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Life gets harder the smarter you get, the more you know.
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I don’t regret anything I’ve ever done; as long as I enjoyed it at the time.
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Not everyone is lucky enough to understand how delicious it is to suffer.
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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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