To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.
KATHARINE HEPBURNI wear my sort of clothes to save me the trouble of deciding which clothes to wear.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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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 don’t feel the slightest interest in the next world; I think it’s here. And I think anything good that you’re going to do, you should do for other people here and not so you can try to have a happy time in the next world.
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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.
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Don’t moan, don’t whine, don’t blame. Just get on with it.
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Our Constitution was not intended to be used by … any group to foist its personal religious beliefs on the rest of us.
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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 think everyone is an opportunist if they have an opportunity.
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I don’t regret anything I’ve ever done; as long as I enjoyed it at the time.
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Life is hard. After all, it kills you.
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Everyone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant, but inside I was always quaking.
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Loved people are loving people.
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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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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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Without discipline, there’s no life at all.
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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 believe how I act today will affect how I am tomorrow.
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You can’t change the music of your soul.
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If you follow all of the rules, you’ll miss all of the fun.
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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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Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get – only with what you are expecting to give – which is everything.
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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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Acting is a nice childish profession – pretending you’re someone else and, at the same time, selling yourself.
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The notion that work is a burden is a terrible mistake. Working and facing up to one’s responsibilities: That’s happiness.
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I wear my sort of clothes to save me the trouble of deciding which clothes to wear.
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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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Time is the stuff of which life is made.
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