The average Hollywood film star’s ambition is to be admired by an American, courted by an Italian, married to an Englishman and have a French boyfriend.
KATHARINE HEPBURNWhat in the world would we do without our libraries?
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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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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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Dressing up is a bore. At a certain age, you decorate yourself to attract the opposite sex, and at a certain age, I did that. But I’m past that age.
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Not everyone is lucky enough to understand how delicious it is to suffer.
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The notion that work is a burden is a terrible mistake. Working and facing up to one’s responsibilities: That’s happiness.
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Don’t moan, don’t whine, don’t blame. Just get on with it.
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The only time I am ever miserable is when I do something just for the money.
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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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If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.
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I believe how I act today will affect how I am tomorrow.
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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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You give because you love and cannot help giving.
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I could peel you like a pear and god himself would see the justice in it.
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Acting is the perfect idiot’s profession.
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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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