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Life is hard. After all, it kills you.

Katharine Hepburn

We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers – but never blame yourself. It’s never your fault. But it’s always your fault, because if you wanted to change you’re the one who has got to change.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Father Mistake Sister Teaching Yourself
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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Destroy Hell Myself Thinking Work
A sharp knife cuts the quickest and hurts the least.
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Hurt Knife Pain Quick
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.
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Creation Each Other Future High Himself Standard
I think everyone is an opportunist if they have an opportunity.
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Myself Opportunity Person Thinking
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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Actor Experience Humiliation Old Public Yourself
A boy sows a wild oat or two, the world winks. A girl does the same — scandal.
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Wild Wink Woman World
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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Each Other Man Myself Togetherness Woman
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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Character Children Myself Selfish Stop Terrible
When I’ve been unsuccessful, I’ve been controlled. When I’ve been successful, I’ve been in control.
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Control Myself Success
Children need boundaries, so they can know how far they have to go to get beyond them.
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Beyond Boundary Children
If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.
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Admire Man Sacrifice Yourself
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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Attitude Forget Laughter Life Share Time Tragedy Wild Yourself
You can say or write anything about me you like. Just don’t, for any reason, ever tell the truth.
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Reason Truth Writing Yourself
Love fattens on smooth words.
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Love One Liner Smooth Word
You learn in life that the only person you can really correct and change is yourself.
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Change Correct Learning Life Yourself
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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Afraid Enough Live Man Money Myself Support Woman
Life is very hard, isn’t it? It does kill you, after all.
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Hard Kill Life Yourself
Not everyone is lucky enough to understand how delicious it is to suffer.
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Delicious Enough Luck Perspective Suffering Understand
Trying to be fascinating is an asinine position to be in.
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Fascination Position Try
The only time I am ever miserable is when I do something just for the money.
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Misery Money Myself Time
If you follow all of the rules, you’ll miss all of the fun.
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Fun Missing Rule Yourself
If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.
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Attitude Behavior Change Yourself
Silence the artist and you have silenced the most articulate voice the people have.
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Artist People Silence Voice Yourself
Dressing up is a bore. At a certain age, you decorate yourself to attract the opposite sex, and at a certain age, I did that. But I’m past that age.
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Age Attraction Decoration Myself Past Time
Life is hard. After all, it kills you.
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Hard Kill Life Yourself
Our Constitution was not intended to be used by … any group to foist its personal religious beliefs on the rest of us.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Belief Constitution Ourselves Personal

Life is hard. After all, it kills you.

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