If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.
KATHARINE HEPBURNI’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.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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Loved people are loving people.
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What in the world would we do without our libraries?
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It’s how you live that really counts.
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If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.
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It would be a terrific innovation if you could get your mind to stretch a little further than the next wisecrack.
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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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Our Constitution was not intended to be used by … any group to foist its personal religious beliefs on the rest of us.
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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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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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He’s worked his entire life and he’s never lived a single moment, I mean not a moment, in the real world.
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Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesn’t interest you, don’t do it – I would have made a terrible mother.
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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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I have many regrets, and I’m sure everyone does. The stupid things you do, you regret if you have any sense, and if you don’t regret them, maybe you’re stupid.
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To live creatively free, do what you know how to do now, then ‘act as if’ you know how to do the rest.
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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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Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get – only with what you are expecting to give – which is everything.
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Never complain. Never explain.
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As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work.
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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.
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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 love rain. It’s lucky, I always think.
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I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.
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You don’t pick who you fall in love with. There are so few people to love. It’s hard for one adult to even like another. Almost impossible.
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Everyone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant, but inside I was always quaking.
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Don’t moan, don’t whine, don’t blame. Just get on with it.
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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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