When I’ve been unsuccessful, I’ve been controlled. When I’ve been successful, I’ve been in control.
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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A sharp knife cuts the quickest and hurts the least.
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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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If you need a helping hand, you can find one at the end of your arm.
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Never complain. Never explain.
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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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The terrible thing about acting in the theater is that you have to do it at night.
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As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work.
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Trying to be fascinating is an asinine position to be in.
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You don’t pick who you fall in love with. There are so few people to love. It’s hard for one adult to even like another. Almost impossible.
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Life is hard. After all, it kills you.
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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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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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Listen to the song of life.
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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.
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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.
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