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.
KATHARINE HEPBURNMarriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about.
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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 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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Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about.
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If you survive long enough, you’re revered – rather like an old building.
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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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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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There are no laurels in life, just new challenges.
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Acting is a nice childish profession – pretending you’re someone else and, at the same time, selling yourself.
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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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If you need a helping hand, you can find one at the end of your arm.
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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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I’m an atheist, and that’s it. I believe there’s nothing we can know except that we should be kind to each other and do what we can for people.
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What the hell-you might be right, you might be wrong but don’t just avoid.
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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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Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do.
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