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.
KATHARINE HEPBURNWe 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.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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I have no romantic feelings about age. Either you are interesting at any age or you are not. There is nothing particularly interesting about being old – or being young, for that matter.
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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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Never complain. Never explain.
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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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Not everyone is lucky enough to understand how delicious it is to suffer.
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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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I like to move fast, and wearing high heels was tough, and low heels with a skirt is unattractive. So pants took over.
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Life is very hard, isn’t it? It does kill you, after all.
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You don’t pick who you fall in love with. There are so few people to love. It’s hard for one adult to even like another. Almost impossible.
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I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.
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Acting is a nice childish profession – pretending you’re someone else and, at the same time, selling yourself.
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Listen to the song of life.
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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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When I’ve been unsuccessful, I’ve been controlled. When I’ve been successful, I’ve been in control.
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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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