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 HEPBURNMarriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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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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As one goes through life, one learns that if you don’t paddle your own canoe, you don’t move.
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I don’t care WHAT the say about me, as long as it’s not the truth.
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I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.
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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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Life gets harder the smarter you get, the more you know.
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When I’ve been unsuccessful, I’ve been controlled. When I’ve been successful, I’ve been in control.
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It’s not what you start in life, it’s what you finish.
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I never realized until lately that women were supposed to be the inferior sex.
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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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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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You politicians remain professional because the voters remain amateur.
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What in the world would we do without our libraries?
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I love rain. It’s lucky, I always think.
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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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