If you survive long enough, you’re revered – rather like an old building.
KATHARINE HEPBURNEveryone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant, but inside I was always quaking.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get — only what you are expecting to give — which is everything. What you will receive in return varies. But it really has no connection with what you give. You give because you love and cannot help giving.
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I’ve always thought men and women are not too well suited to each other. It’s inevitable that they should come together, but, again, how well suited are they to live together in the same house?
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The time to make up your mind about people is never.
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Don’t moan, don’t whine, don’t blame. Just get on with it.
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I love rain. It’s lucky, I always think.
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I wear my sort of clothes to save me the trouble of deciding which clothes to wear.
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Acting is the perfect idiot’s profession.
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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.
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I have no romantic feelings about age. Either you are interesting at any age or you are not. There is nothing particularly interesting about being old – or being young, for that matter.
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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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Loved people are loving people.
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I’m a legend because I’ve survived over a long period of time and still seem to be master of my fate – I’m still paddling the goddamned boat myself.
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Life gets harder the smarter you get, the more you know.
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Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about.
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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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