I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because they’re good or there because they’re lucky.
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.
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I have many regrets, and I’m sure everyone does. The stupid things you do, you regret if you have any sense, and if you don’t regret them, maybe you’re stupid.
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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 average Hollywood film star’s ambition is to be admired by an American, courted by an Italian, married to an Englishman and have a French boyfriend.
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You are the only person you can actually change.
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I don’t regret anything I’ve ever done; as long as I enjoyed it at the time.
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I could peel you like a pear and god himself would see the justice in it.
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Not everyone is lucky enough to understand how delicious it is to suffer.
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If you need a helping hand, you can find one at the end of your arm.
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Don’t moan, don’t whine, don’t blame. Just get on with it.
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I believe how I act today will affect how I am tomorrow.
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Trying to be fascinating is an asinine position to be in.
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Silence the artist and you have silenced the most articulate voice the people have.
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A boy sows a wild oat or two, the world winks. A girl does the same — scandal.
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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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Time is the stuff of which life is made.
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He’s worked his entire life and he’s never lived a single moment, I mean not a moment, in the real world.
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Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do.
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I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.
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I wear my sort of clothes to save me the trouble of deciding which clothes to wear.
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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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I like to move fast, and wearing high heels was tough, and low heels with a skirt is unattractive. So pants took over.
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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 don’t feel the slightest interest in the next world; I think it’s here. And I think anything good that you’re going to do, you should do for other people here and not so you can try to have a happy time in the next world.
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People who want to be famous are really loners. Or they should be.
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If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.
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I love rain. It’s lucky, I always think.
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