A boy sows a wild oat or two, the world winks. A girl does the same — scandal.
KATHARINE HEPBURNCold sober, I find myself absolutely fascinating.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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Acting is the perfect idiot’s profession.
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I’ve made forty-three pictures. Naturally I’m adorable in all of them.
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Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get – only with what you are expecting to give – which is everything.
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Trying to be fascinating is an asinine position to be in.
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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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Not everyone is lucky enough to understand how delicious it is to suffer.
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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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The only time I am ever miserable is when I do something just for the money.
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I think everyone is an opportunist if they have an opportunity.
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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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Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get — only what you are expecting to give — which is everything. What you will receive in return varies. But it really has no connection with what you give. You give because you love and cannot help giving.
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He’s worked his entire life and he’s never lived a single moment, I mean not a moment, in the real world.
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I was born lucky, and I have lived lucky. What I had was used. What I still have is being used. Lucky.
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When I’ve been unsuccessful, I’ve been controlled. When I’ve been successful, I’ve been in control.
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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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