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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.

Katharine Hepburn

Everyone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant, but inside I was always quaking.
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Arrogant Bold Fear Myself Thinking
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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Burden Happiness Mistake Responsibility Terrible Work
Not everyone is lucky enough to understand how delicious it is to suffer.
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Delicious Enough Luck Perspective Suffering Understand
Listen to the song of life.
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Life Listening One Liner Song
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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Believe Marriage Practical Yourself
Life is hard. After all, it kills you.
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Hard Kill Life Yourself
I don’t fear death, it must be like a long sleep.
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Death Myself Sleep
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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Character Children Myself Selfish Stop Terrible
I have no romantic feelings about age. Either you are interesting at any age or you are not. There is nothing particularly interesting about being old – or being young, for that matter.
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Age Feeling Myself Old Romance
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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Electricity Energy Kind Myself
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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Complain Man Myself Position Time Woman World
When I’ve been unsuccessful, I’ve been controlled. When I’ve been successful, I’ve been in control.
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Control Myself Success
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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Connection Expectation Generosity Love Yourself
To be loved is very demoralizing.
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Love Moral One Liner
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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Afraid Enough Live Man Money Myself Support Woman
I could peel you like a pear and god himself would see the justice in it.
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God Justice Myself See Yourself
Life can be wildly tragic at times, and I’ve had my share. But whatever happens to you, you have to keep a slightly comic attitude. In the final analysis, you have got not to forget to laugh.
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Attitude Forget Laughter Life Share Time Tragedy Wild Yourself
You give because you love and cannot help giving.
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Generosity Love Yourself
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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Myself People Strong Thinking Tough Tremble Young
Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do.
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Beautiful Knowledge Man Woman
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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Belief Constitution Ourselves Personal
Vitality! That’s the pursuit of life, isn’t it?
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Life Pursuit Vital
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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Each Other Man Myself Visit Woman Wonder
If you follow all of the rules, you’ll miss all of the fun.
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Fun Missing Rule Yourself
I think all good actors are personalities. If they’re not, they’re not stars. What makes you a star is horsepower.
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Actor Personality Stardom Yourself
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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Fate Legend Master Myself Survive Time
Trying to be fascinating is an asinine position to be in.
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Fascination Position Try

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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