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.
KATHARINE HEPBURNI like to move fast, and wearing high heels was tough, and low heels with a skirt is unattractive. So pants took over.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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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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The time to make up your mind about people is never.
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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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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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Silence the artist and you have silenced the most articulate voice the people have.
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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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It’s not what you start in life, it’s what you finish.
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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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To be loved is very demoralizing.
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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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A sharp knife cuts the quickest and hurts the least.
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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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The terrible thing about acting in the theater is that you have to do it at night.
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You give because you love and cannot help giving.
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