I wear my sort of clothes to save me the trouble of deciding which clothes to wear.
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 think all good actors are personalities. If they’re not, they’re not stars. What makes you a star is horsepower.
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Silence the artist and you have silenced the most articulate voice the people have.
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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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Not everyone is lucky enough to understand how delicious it is to suffer.
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Love fattens on smooth words.
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I have many regrets, and I’m sure everyone does. The stupid things you do, you regret if you have any sense, and if you don’t regret them, maybe you’re stupid.
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I could peel you like a pear and god himself would see the justice in it.
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I believe how I act today will affect how I am tomorrow.
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To live creatively free, do what you know how to do now, then ‘act as if’ you know how to do the rest.
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Life gets harder the smarter you get, the more you know.
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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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To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.
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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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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.
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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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As one goes through life, one learns that if you don’t paddle your own canoe, you don’t move.
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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 was brought up by two extremely intelligent people who gave me the greatest gift that man can give anyone, and that is freedom from fear.
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It’s either some kind of electricity or some kind of energy. I don’t know what it is, but whatever it is, I’ve got it.
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What the hell-you might be right, you might be wrong but don’t just avoid.
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I don’t care WHAT the say about me, as long as it’s not the truth.
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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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You are the only person you can actually change.
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Only when a woman decides not to have children, can a woman live like a man. That’s what I’ve done.
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Life is very hard, isn’t it? It does kill you, after all.
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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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