I don’t think that work ever really destroyed anybody. I think that lack of work destroys them a hell of a lot more.
KATHARINE HEPBURNSilence the artist and you have silenced the most articulate voice the people have.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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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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As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work.
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I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.
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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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I was born lucky, and I have lived lucky. What I had was used. What I still have is being used. Lucky.
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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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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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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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I wear my sort of clothes to save me the trouble of deciding which clothes to wear.
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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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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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Acting is a nice childish profession – pretending you’re someone else and, at the same time, selling yourself.
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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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People think that I’m tough and strong and that I kicked my way through everything. But they are wrong. The truth is that when I was young I was adorable and a trembling wreck.
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The time to make up your mind about people is never.
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