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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.

Katharine Hepburn

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.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Actor Experience Humiliation Old Public Yourself
As one goes through life, one learns that if you don’t paddle your own canoe, you don’t move.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Independent Life Move 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.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Attitude Forget Laughter Life Share Time Tragedy Wild Yourself
Trying to be fascinating is an asinine position to be in.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Fascination Position Try
Wouldn’t it be great if people could get to live suddenly as often as they die suddenly?
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Greatness Live Myself People
Acting is a nice childish profession – pretending you’re someone else and, at the same time, selling yourself.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Children Pretend Sell Time Yourself
People think that I’m tough and strong and that I kicked my way through everything. But they are wrong. The truth is that when I was young I was adorable and a trembling wreck.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Myself People Strong Thinking Tough Tremble Young
You can’t change the music of your soul.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Change Music Soul Yourself
I was born lucky, and I have lived lucky. What I had was used. What I still have is being used. Lucky.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Born Luck Myself
To be loved is very demoralizing.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Love Moral One Liner
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.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Character Children Myself Selfish Stop Terrible
Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Each Other Man Myself Visit Woman Wonder
Vitality! That’s the pursuit of life, isn’t it?
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Life Pursuit Vital
I believe how I act today will affect how I am tomorrow.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Act Believe Myself
The only time I am ever miserable is when I do something just for the money.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Misery Money Myself Time
I’m a legend because I’ve survived over a long period of time and still seem to be master of my fate – I’m still paddling the goddamned boat myself.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Fate Legend Master Myself Survive Time

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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