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 HEPBURNTrying to be fascinating is an asinine position to be in.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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To be loved is very demoralizing.
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If you’re given a choice between money and sex appeal, take the money. As you get older, the money will become your sex appeal.
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Life gets harder the smarter you get, the more you know.
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I was brought up by two extremely intelligent people who gave me the greatest gift that man can give anyone, and that is freedom from fear.
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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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Life is very hard, isn’t it? It does kill you, after all.
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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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Being an actor is such a humiliating experience because you are selling yourself to the public, your face, your personality, and that is humiliating. As you get older, it becomes more humiliating because you’ve got less to sell.
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The terrible thing about acting in the theater is that you have to do it at night.
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I have no romantic feelings about age. Either you are interesting at any age or you are not. There is nothing particularly interesting about being old – or being young, for that matter.
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If you follow all of the rules, you’ll miss all of the fun.
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I’ve always thought men and women are not too well suited to each other. It’s inevitable that they should come together, but, again, how well suited are they to live together in the same house?
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Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about.
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I believe how I act today will affect how I am tomorrow.
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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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