To live creatively free, do what you know how to do now, then ‘act as if’ you know how to do the rest.
KATHARINE HEPBURNI 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.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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Acting is a nice childish profession – pretending you’re someone else and, at the same time, selling yourself.
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Life gets harder the smarter you get, the more you know.
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As one goes through life, one learns that if you don’t paddle your own canoe, you don’t move.
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I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.
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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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The average Hollywood film star’s ambition is to be admired by an American, courted by an Italian, married to an Englishman and have a French boyfriend.
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People think that I’m tough and strong and that I kicked my way through everything. But they are wrong. The truth is that when I was young I was adorable and a trembling wreck.
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We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers – but never blame yourself. It’s never your fault. But it’s always your fault, because if you wanted to change you’re the one who has got to change.
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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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Don’t moan, don’t whine, don’t blame. Just get on with it.
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As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work.
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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’ve made forty-three pictures. Naturally I’m adorable in all of them.
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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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A sharp knife cuts the quickest and hurts the least.
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