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.
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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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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What the hell-you might be right, you might be wrong but don’t just avoid.
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Life is very hard, isn’t it? It does kill you, after all.
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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 love rain. It’s lucky, I always think.
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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 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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As one goes through life, one learns that if you don’t paddle your own canoe, you don’t move.
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Never complain. Never explain.
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Loved people are loving people.
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Only when a woman decides not to have children, can a woman live like a man. That’s what I’ve done.
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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 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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You can say or write anything about me you like. Just don’t, for any reason, ever tell the truth.
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