Only when a woman decides not to have children, can a woman live like a man. That’s what I’ve done.
KATHARINE HEPBURNLove fattens on smooth words.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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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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The time to make up your mind about people is never.
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If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.
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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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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 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 survive long enough, you’re revered – rather like an old building.
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Enemies are so stimulating.
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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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All my life, I’ve stayed at parties too long because I didn’t know when to go.
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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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What the hell-you might be right, you might be wrong but don’t just avoid.
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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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I’ve made forty-three pictures. Naturally I’m adorable in all of them.
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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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