All my life, I’ve stayed at parties too long because I didn’t know when to go.
KATHARINE HEPBURNI think everyone is an opportunist if they have an opportunity.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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Love fattens on smooth words.
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You are the only person you can actually change.
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If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.
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Children need boundaries, so they can know how far they have to go to get beyond them.
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It is the plain women who know about love; the beautiful women are too busy being fascinating.
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What in the world would we do without our libraries?
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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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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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A sharp knife cuts the quickest and hurts the least.
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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.
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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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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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If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting.
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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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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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