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Life is very hard, isn’t it? It does kill you, after all.

Katharine Hepburn

Children need boundaries, so they can know how far they have to go to get beyond them.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Beyond Boundary Children
The notion that work is a burden is a terrible mistake. Working and facing up to one’s responsibilities: That’s happiness.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Burden Happiness Mistake Responsibility Terrible Work
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.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Fear Greatness Intelligence Man Myself People
I would have been a terrible mother because I’m basically a very selfish human being. Not that that has stopped most people going off and having children.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Character Children Myself Selfish Stop Terrible
You can’t change the music of your soul.
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Change Music Soul Yourself
I wear my sort of clothes to save me the trouble of deciding which clothes to wear.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Clothes Decision Myself Trouble
What the hell-you might be right, you might be wrong but don’t just avoid.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Avoid Hell Right Wrong Yourself
It would be a terrific innovation if you could get your mind to stretch a little further than the next wisecrack.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Innovation Mindset Terrible Yourself
To be loved is very demoralizing.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Love Moral One Liner
Being an actor is such a humiliating experience because you are selling yourself to the public, your face, your personality, and that is humiliating. As you get older, it becomes more humiliating because you’ve got less to sell.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Actor Experience Humiliation Old Public Yourself
Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get – only with what you are expecting to give – which is everything.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Expectation Generosity Love Yourself
I think everyone is an opportunist if they have an opportunity.
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Myself Opportunity Person Thinking
Silence the artist and you have silenced the most articulate voice the people have.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Artist People Silence Voice Yourself
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.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Fate Legend Master Myself Survive Time
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.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Believe Marriage Practical Yourself
Our Constitution was not intended to be used by … any group to foist its personal religious beliefs on the rest of us.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Belief Constitution Ourselves Personal

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