I don’t feel the slightest interest in the next world; I think it’s here. And I think anything good that you’re going to do, you should do for other people here and not so you can try to have a happy time in the next world.
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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The only time I am ever miserable is when I do something just for the money.
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If you survive long enough, you’re revered – rather like an old building.
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Everyone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant, but inside I was always quaking.
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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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A boy sows a wild oat or two, the world winks. A girl does the same — scandal.
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You give because you love and cannot help giving.
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If you need a helping hand, you can find one at the end of your arm.
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If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.
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Trying to be fascinating is an asinine position to be in.
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Without discipline, there’s no life at all.
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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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Love fattens on smooth words.
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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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If you follow all of the rules, you’ll miss all of the fun.
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Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get – only with what you are expecting to give – which is everything.
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