I don’t regret anything I’ve ever done; as long as I enjoyed it at the time.
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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Vitality! That’s the pursuit of life, isn’t it?
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Not everyone is lucky enough to understand how delicious it is to suffer.
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If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.
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I’ve always thought men and women are not too well suited to each other. It’s inevitable that they should come together, but, again, how well suited are they to live together in the same house?
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I believe how I act today will affect how I am tomorrow.
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Life can be wildly tragic at times, and I’ve had my share. But whatever happens to you, you have to keep a slightly comic attitude. In the final analysis, you have got not to forget to laugh.
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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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Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get — only what you are expecting to give — which is everything. What you will receive in return varies. But it really has no connection with what you give. You give because you love and cannot help giving.
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If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.
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All my life, I’ve stayed at parties too long because I didn’t know when to go.
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If you survive long enough, you’re revered – rather like an old building.
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As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work.
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Isn’t it fun getting older? is really a terrible fallacy. That’s like saying I prefer driving an old car with a flat tire.
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I’ve made forty-three pictures. Naturally I’m adorable in all of them.
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A boy sows a wild oat or two, the world winks. A girl does the same — scandal.
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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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You can’t change the music of your soul.
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If you need a helping hand, you can find one at the end of your arm.
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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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The time to make up your mind about people is never.
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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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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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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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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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If you follow all of the rules, you’ll miss all of the fun.
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I think everyone is an opportunist if they have an opportunity.
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