It is the plain women who know about love; the beautiful women are too busy being fascinating.
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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I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.
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I think everyone is an opportunist if they have an opportunity.
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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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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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You can’t change the music of your soul.
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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’m a legend because I’ve survived over a long period of time and still seem to be master of my fate – I’m still paddling the goddamned boat myself.
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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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You learn in life that the only person you can really correct and change is yourself.
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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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Trying to be fascinating is an asinine position to be in.
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If you need a helping hand, you can find one at the end of your arm.
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Dressing up is a bore. At a certain age, you decorate yourself to attract the opposite sex, and at a certain age, I did that. But I’m past that age.
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Life gets harder the smarter you get, the more you know.
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If you follow all of the rules, you’ll miss all of the fun.
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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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You don’t pick who you fall in love with. There are so few people to love. It’s hard for one adult to even like another. Almost impossible.
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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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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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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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He’s worked his entire life and he’s never lived a single moment, I mean not a moment, in the real world.
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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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Don’t moan, don’t whine, don’t blame. Just get on with it.
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Acting is the perfect idiot’s profession.
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The only time I am ever miserable is when I do something just for the money.
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Cold sober, I find myself absolutely fascinating.
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