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.
KATHARINE HEPBURNIf you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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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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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 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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If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.
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Acting is the perfect idiot’s profession.
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Without discipline, there’s no life at all.
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You learn in life that the only person you can really correct and change is yourself.
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Listen to the song of life.
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Life is hard. After all, it kills you.
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If you follow all of the rules, you’ll miss all of the fun.
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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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The only time I am ever miserable is when I do something just for the money.
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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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A sharp knife cuts the quickest and hurts the least.
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To be loved is very demoralizing.
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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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A boy sows a wild oat or two, the world winks. A girl does the same — scandal.
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Our Constitution was not intended to be used by … any group to foist its personal religious beliefs on the rest of us.
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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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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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I believe how I act today will affect how I am tomorrow.
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What you see before you, my friend, is the result of a lifetime of chocolate.
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You give because you love and cannot help giving.
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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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Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do.
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I have not lived as a woman. I have lived as a man. I’ve just done what I damn well wanted to, and I’ve made enough money to support myself, and ain’t afraid of being alone
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