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 HEPBURNLife gets harder the smarter you get, the more you know.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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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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I think everyone is an opportunist if they have an opportunity.
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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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It’s how you live that really counts.
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Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about.
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Not everyone is lucky enough to understand how delicious it is to suffer.
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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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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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If you follow all of the rules, you’ll miss all of the fun.
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If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.
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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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Without discipline, there’s no life at all.
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Never complain. Never explain.
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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.
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If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.
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