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.
KATHARINE HEPBURNSilence the artist and you have silenced the most articulate voice the people have.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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It’s how you live that really counts.
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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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I don’t believe in marriage. It’s bloody impractical. ‘To love, honor, and obey.’ If it weren’t, you wouldn’t have to sign a contract.
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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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If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.
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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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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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Never complain. Never explain.
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Not everyone is lucky enough to understand how delicious it is to suffer.
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You can say or write anything about me you like. Just don’t, for any reason, ever tell the truth.
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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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Loved people are loving people.
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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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If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.
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Only when a woman decides not to have children, can a woman live like a man. That’s what I’ve done.
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