Acting is a nice childish profession – pretending you’re someone else and, at the same time, selling yourself.
KATHARINE HEPBURNOur Constitution was not intended to be used by … any group to foist its personal religious beliefs on the rest of us.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about.
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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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I’m an atheist, and that’s it. I believe there’s nothing we can know except that we should be kind to each other and do what we can for people.
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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 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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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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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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Only when a woman decides not to have children, can a woman live like a man. That’s what I’ve done.
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I think everyone is an opportunist if they have an opportunity.
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Not everyone is lucky enough to understand how delicious it is to suffer.
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Nobody owes anybody anything; it’s up to each individual to set high standards for himself or herself, and to set about working hard and creating a solid future.
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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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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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If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.
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You are the only person you can actually change.
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