I was born lucky, and I have lived lucky. What I had was used. What I still have is being used. Lucky.
KATHARINE HEPBURNIf you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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I never realized until lately that women were supposed to be the inferior sex.
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Life gets harder the smarter you get, the more you know.
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Acting is the perfect idiot’s profession.
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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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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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Never complain. Never explain.
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Not everyone is lucky enough to understand how delicious it is to suffer.
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All my life, I’ve stayed at parties too long because I didn’t know when to go.
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Without discipline, there’s no life at all.
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Children need boundaries, so they can know how far they have to go to get beyond them.
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I’m an atheist, and that’s it. I believe there’s nothing we can know except that we should be kind to each other and do what we can for people.
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If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.
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Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then.
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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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To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.
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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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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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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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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.
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Trying to be fascinating is an asinine position to be in.
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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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What in the world would we do without our libraries?
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Time is the stuff of which life is made.
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You politicians remain professional because the voters remain amateur.
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Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesn’t interest you, don’t do it – I would have made a terrible mother.
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Everyone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant, but inside I was always quaking.
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