Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get – only with what you are expecting to give – which is everything.
KATHARINE HEPBURNThe only time I am ever miserable is when I do something just for the money.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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Trying to be fascinating is an asinine position to be in.
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I could peel you like a pear and god himself would see the justice in it.
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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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Silence the artist and you have silenced the most articulate voice the people have.
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Love fattens on smooth words.
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If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting.
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I don’t believe in marriage. It’s bloody impractical. ‘To love, honor, and obey.’ If it weren’t, you wouldn’t have to sign a contract.
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As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work.
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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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It’s not what you start in life, it’s what you finish.
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Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about.
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If you follow all of the rules, you’ll miss all of the fun.
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It is the plain women who know about love; the beautiful women are too busy being fascinating.
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As one goes through life, one learns that if you don’t paddle your own canoe, you don’t move.
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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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Loved people are loving people.
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I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because they’re good or there because they’re lucky.
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There are no laurels in life, just new challenges.
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I believe how I act today will affect how I am tomorrow.
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I have many regrets, and I’m sure everyone does. The stupid things you do, you regret if you have any sense, and if you don’t regret them, maybe you’re stupid.
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The only time I am ever miserable is when I do something just for the money.
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I think everyone is an opportunist if they have an opportunity.
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Enemies are so stimulating.
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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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Time is the stuff of which life is made.
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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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