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.
KATHARINE HEPBURNIf you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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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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Everyone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant, but inside I was always quaking.
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Listen to the song of life.
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Life is hard. After all, it kills you.
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You politicians remain professional because the voters remain amateur.
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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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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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If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.
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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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To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.
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People who want to be famous are really loners. Or they should be.
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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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All my life, I’ve stayed at parties too long because I didn’t know when to go.
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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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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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