What in the world would we do without our libraries?
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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As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work.
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I don’t fear death, it must be like a long sleep.
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I 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.
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I wear my sort of clothes to save me the trouble of deciding which clothes to wear.
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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 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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The woman’s position in the world today is so much harder than a man’s that it makes me choke every time I hear a man complain about anything.
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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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If you need a helping hand, you can find one at the end of your arm.
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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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If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.
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Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get — only what you are expecting to give — which is everything. What you will receive in return varies. But it really has no connection with what you give. You give because you love and cannot help giving.
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You learn in life that the only person you can really correct and change is yourself.
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Listen to the song of life.
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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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