I don’t think that work ever really destroyed anybody. I think that lack of work destroys them a hell of a lot more.
KATHARINE HEPBURNWouldn’t it be great if people could get to live suddenly as often as they die suddenly?
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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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 don’t believe in marriage. It’s bloody impractical. ‘To love, honor, and obey.’ If it weren’t, you wouldn’t have to sign a contract.
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The terrible thing about acting in the theater is that you have to do it at night.
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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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As one goes through life, one learns that if you don’t paddle your own canoe, you don’t move.
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It’s not what you start in life, it’s what you finish.
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Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about.
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All my life, I’ve stayed at parties too long because I didn’t know when to go.
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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 don’t regret anything I’ve ever done; as long as I enjoyed it at the time.
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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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People think that I’m tough and strong and that I kicked my way through everything. But they are wrong. The truth is that when I was young I was adorable and a trembling wreck.
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What you see before you, my friend, is the result of a lifetime of chocolate.
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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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As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work.
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