Everyone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant, but inside I was always quaking.
KATHARINE HEPBURNWithout discipline, there’s no life at all.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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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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What in the world would we do without our libraries?
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I’m an atheist, and that’s it. I believe there’s nothing we can know except that we should be kind to each other and do what we can for people.
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When I’ve been unsuccessful, I’ve been controlled. When I’ve been successful, I’ve been in control.
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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.
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All my life, I’ve stayed at parties too long because I didn’t know when to go.
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To be loved is very demoralizing.
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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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As one goes through life, one learns that if you don’t paddle your own canoe, you don’t move.
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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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Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do.
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Life gets harder the smarter you get, the more you know.
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If you follow all of the rules, you’ll miss all of the fun.
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I’ve made forty-three pictures. Naturally I’m adorable in all of them.
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Being an actor is such a humiliating experience because you are selling yourself to the public, your face, your personality, and that is humiliating. As you get older, it becomes more humiliating because you’ve got less to sell.
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