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.
KATHARINE HEPBURNLife 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.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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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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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 never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.
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You give because you love and cannot help giving.
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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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If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.
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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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Our Constitution was not intended to be used by … any group to foist its personal religious beliefs on the rest of us.
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I don’t think that work ever really destroyed anybody. I think that lack of work destroys them a hell of a lot more.
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I realised long ago that skirts are hopeless. Anytime I hear a man say he prefers a woman in a skirt, I say, ‘Try one. Try a skirt.’
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If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.
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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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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 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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People who want to be famous are really loners. Or they should be.
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