Acting is the perfect idiot’s profession.
KATHARINE HEPBURNEnemies are so stimulating.
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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Isn’t it fun getting older? is really a terrible fallacy. That’s like saying I prefer driving an old car with a flat tire.
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Cold sober, I find myself absolutely fascinating.
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The woman’s position in the world today is so much harder than a man’s that it makes me choke every time I hear a man complain about anything.
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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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As one goes through life, one learns that if you don’t paddle your own canoe, you don’t move.
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If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.
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Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about.
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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 fattens on smooth words.
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You give because you love and cannot help giving.
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Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do.
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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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Not everyone is lucky enough to understand how delicious it is to suffer.
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It’s either some kind of electricity or some kind of energy. I don’t know what it is, but whatever it is, I’ve got it.
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