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.
KATHARINE HEPBURNTo live creatively free, do what you know how to do now, then ‘act as if’ you know how to do the rest.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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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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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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Never complain. Never explain.
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I’m an atheist, and that’s it. I believe there’s nothing we can know except that we should be kind to each other and do what we can for people.
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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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People who want to be famous are really loners. Or they should be.
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The woman’s position in the world today is so much harder than a man’s that it makes me choke every time I hear a man complain about anything.
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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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You give because you love and cannot help giving.
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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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I’ve made forty-three pictures. Naturally I’m adorable in all of them.
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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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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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What the hell-you might be right, you might be wrong but don’t just avoid.
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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 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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I don’t fear death, it must be like a long sleep.
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Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesn’t interest you, don’t do it – I would have made a terrible mother.
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Listen to the song of life.
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If you’re given a choice between money and sex appeal, take the money. As you get older, the money will become your sex appeal.
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Silence the artist and you have silenced the most articulate voice the people have.
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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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If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.
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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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Acting is the perfect idiot’s profession.
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