Cold sober, I find myself absolutely fascinating.
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.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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I’ve made forty-three pictures. Naturally I’m adorable in all of them.
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Silence the artist and you have silenced the most articulate voice the people have.
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As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work.
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Listen to the song of life.
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If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting.
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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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People who want to be famous are really loners. Or they should be.
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You can’t change the music of your soul.
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Life gets harder the smarter you get, the more you know.
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You politicians remain professional because the voters remain amateur.
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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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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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If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.
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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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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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