You learn in life that the only person you can really correct and change is yourself.
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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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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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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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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Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get — only what you are expecting to give — which is everything. What you will receive in return varies. But it really has no connection with what you give. You give because you love and cannot help giving.
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If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.
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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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Not everyone is lucky enough to understand how delicious it is to suffer.
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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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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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I’ve made forty-three pictures. Naturally I’m adorable in all of them.
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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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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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I have no romantic feelings about age. Either you are interesting at any age or you are not. There is nothing particularly interesting about being old – or being young, for that matter.
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If you need a helping hand, you can find one at the end of your arm.
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