Everyone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant, but inside I was always quaking.
KATHARINE HEPBURNDon’t moan, don’t whine, don’t blame. Just get on with it.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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I’ve made forty-three pictures. Naturally I’m adorable in all of them.
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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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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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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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Life is hard. After all, it kills you.
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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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The terrible thing about acting in the theater is that you have to do it at night.
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You can say or write anything about me you like. Just don’t, for any reason, ever tell the truth.
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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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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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Time is the stuff of which life is made.
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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.
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Never complain. Never explain.
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You are the only person you can actually change.
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Enemies are so stimulating.
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