Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then.
KATHARINE HEPBURNPeople 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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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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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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The woman’s position in the world today is so much harder than a man’s that it makes me choke every time I hear a man complain about anything.
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Everyone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant, but inside I was always quaking.
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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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You learn in life that the only person you can really correct and change is yourself.
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I would have been a terrible mother because I’m basically a very selfish human being. Not that that has stopped most people going off and having children.
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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 want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.
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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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It is the plain women who know about love; the beautiful women are too busy being fascinating.
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Cold sober, I find myself absolutely fascinating.
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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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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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If you follow all of the rules, you’ll miss all of the fun.
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