I was born lucky, and I have lived lucky. What I had was used. What I still have is being used. Lucky.
KATHARINE HEPBURNIf you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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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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The time to make up your mind about people is never.
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It’s either some kind of electricity or some kind of energy. I don’t know what it is, but whatever it is, I’ve got it.
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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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It’s how you live that really counts.
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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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A sharp knife cuts the quickest and hurts the least.
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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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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.
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I would have been a terrible mother because I’m basically a very selfish human being. Not that that has stopped most people going off and having children.
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To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.
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It would be a terrific innovation if you could get your mind to stretch a little further than the next wisecrack.
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I’ve made forty-three pictures. Naturally I’m adorable in all of them.
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Wouldn’t it be great if people could get to live suddenly as often as they die suddenly?
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Silence the artist and you have silenced the most articulate voice the people have.
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