Silence the artist and you have silenced the most articulate voice the people have.
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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The terrible thing about acting in the theater is that you have to do it at night.
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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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Listen to the song of life.
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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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Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesn’t interest you, don’t do it – I would have made a terrible mother.
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The time to make up your mind about people is never.
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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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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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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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Wouldn’t it be great if people could get to live suddenly as often as they die suddenly?
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I like to move fast, and wearing high heels was tough, and low heels with a skirt is unattractive. So pants took over.
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Life gets harder the smarter you get, the more you know.
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When I’ve been unsuccessful, I’ve been controlled. When I’ve been successful, I’ve been in control.
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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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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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