I would have been a terrible mother because I’m basically a very selfish human being. Not that that has stopped most people going off and having children.
KATHARINE HEPBURNYou learn in life that the only person you can really correct and change is yourself.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then.
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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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You can say or write anything about me you like. Just don’t, for any reason, ever tell the truth.
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What you see before you, my friend, is the result of a lifetime of chocolate.
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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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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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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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Enemies are so stimulating.
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It would be a terrific innovation if you could get your mind to stretch a little further than the next wisecrack.
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What in the world would we do without our libraries?
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I don’t fear death, it must be like a long sleep.
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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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What the hell-you might be right, you might be wrong but don’t just avoid.
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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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Don’t moan, don’t whine, don’t blame. Just get on with it.
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