Life is very hard, isn’t it? It does kill you, after all.
KATHARINE HEPBURNIf you need a helping hand, you can find one at the end of your arm.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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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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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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Cold sober, I find myself absolutely fascinating.
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Love fattens on smooth words.
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I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because they’re good or there because they’re lucky.
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Vitality! That’s the pursuit of life, isn’t it?
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Children need boundaries, so they can know how far they have to go to get beyond them.
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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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I don’t feel the slightest interest in the next world; I think it’s here. And I think anything good that you’re going to do, you should do for other people here and not so you can try to have a happy time in the next world.
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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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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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I believe how I act today will affect how I am tomorrow.
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I’ve always thought men and women are not too well suited to each other. It’s inevitable that they should come together, but, again, how well suited are they to live together in the same house?
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I don’t fear death, it must be like a long sleep.
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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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Don’t moan, don’t whine, don’t blame. Just get on with it.
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Life gets harder the smarter you get, the more you know.
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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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The only time I am ever miserable is when I do something just for the money.
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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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Everyone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant, but inside I was always quaking.
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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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When I’ve been unsuccessful, I’ve been controlled. When I’ve been successful, I’ve been in control.
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What you see before you, my friend, is the result of a lifetime of chocolate.
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If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.
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You learn in life that the only person you can really correct and change is yourself.
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