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.
KATHARINE HEPBURNDressing 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.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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Loved people are loving people.
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Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about.
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It’s not what you start in life, it’s what you finish.
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I don’t think that work ever really destroyed anybody. I think that lack of work destroys them a hell of a lot more.
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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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You give because you love and cannot help giving.
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It is the plain women who know about love; the beautiful women are too busy being fascinating.
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Life is hard. After all, it kills you.
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Life gets harder the smarter you get, the more you know.
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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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Love fattens on smooth words.
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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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I realised long ago that skirts are hopeless. Anytime I hear a man say he prefers a woman in a skirt, I say, ‘Try one. Try a skirt.’
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You are the only person you can actually change.
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If you need a helping hand, you can find one at the end of your arm.
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