I was born lucky, and I have lived lucky. What I had was used. What I still have is being used. Lucky.
KATHARINE HEPBURNSilence the artist and you have silenced the most articulate voice the people have.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because they’re good or there because they’re lucky.
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The terrible thing about acting in the theater is that you have to do it at night.
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Never complain. Never explain.
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Enemies are so stimulating.
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You give because you love and cannot help giving.
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Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about.
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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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Wouldn’t it be great if people could get to live suddenly as often as they die suddenly?
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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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A boy sows a wild oat or two, the world winks. A girl does the same — scandal.
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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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If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.
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Loved people are loving people.
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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 never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.
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Everyone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant, but inside I was always quaking.
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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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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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There are no laurels in life, just new challenges.
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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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If you need a helping hand, you can find one at the end of your arm.
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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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If you follow all of the rules, you’ll miss all of the fun.
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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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Vitality! That’s the pursuit of life, isn’t it?
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I realised long ago that skirts are hopeless. Anytime I hear a man say he prefers a woman in a skirt, I say, ‘Try one. Try a skirt.’
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