The only time I am ever miserable is when I do something just for the money.
KATHARINE HEPBURNI 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.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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Life can be wildly tragic at times, and I’ve had my share. But whatever happens to you, you have to keep a slightly comic attitude. In the final analysis, you have got not to forget to laugh.
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You learn in life that the only person you can really correct and change is yourself.
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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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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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When I’ve been unsuccessful, I’ve been controlled. When I’ve been successful, I’ve been in control.
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Time is the stuff of which life is made.
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The time to make up your mind about people is never.
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I have not lived as a woman. I have lived as a man. I’ve just done what I damn well wanted to, and I’ve made enough money to support myself, and ain’t afraid of being alone
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If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.
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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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It’s not what you start in life, it’s what you finish.
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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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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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Enemies are so stimulating.
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As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work.
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