We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers – but never blame yourself. It’s never your fault. But it’s always your fault, because if you wanted to change you’re the one who has got to change.
KATHARINE HEPBURNYou give because you love and cannot help giving.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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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.
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I believe how I act today will affect how I am tomorrow.
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I don’t regret anything I’ve ever done; as long as I enjoyed it at the time.
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I think all good actors are personalities. If they’re not, they’re not stars. What makes you a star is horsepower.
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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 made forty-three pictures. Naturally I’m adorable in all of them.
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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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There are no laurels in life, just new challenges.
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Everyone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant, but inside I was always quaking.
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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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If you survive long enough, you’re revered – rather like an old building.
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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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I could peel you like a pear and god himself would see the justice in it.
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Vitality! That’s the pursuit of life, isn’t it?
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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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