As one goes through life, one learns that if you don’t paddle your own canoe, you don’t move.
KATHARINE HEPBURNThe 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.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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Cold sober, I find myself absolutely fascinating.
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If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.
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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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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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If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting.
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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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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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If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.
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As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work.
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I believe how I act today will affect how I am tomorrow.
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Isn’t it fun getting older? is really a terrible fallacy. That’s like saying I prefer driving an old car with a flat tire.
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Silence the artist and you have silenced the most articulate voice the people have.
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If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.
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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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