What the hell-you might be right, you might be wrong but don’t just avoid.
KATHARINE HEPBURNI 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.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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If you survive long enough, you’re revered – rather like an old building.
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If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting.
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What in the world would we do without our libraries?
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A boy sows a wild oat or two, the world winks. A girl does the same — scandal.
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Wouldn’t it be great if people could get to live suddenly as often as they die suddenly?
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Life gets harder the smarter you get, the more you know.
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Everyone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant, but inside I was always quaking.
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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.
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Love fattens on smooth words.
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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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Cold sober, I find myself absolutely fascinating.
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The time to make up your mind about people is never.
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Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do.
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If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.
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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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You can say or write anything about me you like. Just don’t, for any reason, ever tell the truth.
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If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.
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Not everyone is lucky enough to understand how delicious it is to suffer.
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I’ve made forty-three pictures. Naturally I’m adorable in all of them.
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If you’re given a choice between money and sex appeal, take the money. As you get older, the money will become your sex appeal.
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You politicians remain professional because the voters remain amateur.
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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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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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It’s not what you start in life, it’s what you finish.
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To be loved is very demoralizing.
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A sharp knife cuts the quickest and hurts the least.
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