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.
KATHARINE HEPBURNMarriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about.
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If you follow all of the rules, you’ll miss all of the fun.
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The terrible thing about acting in the theater is that you have to do it at night.
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Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about.
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Love fattens on smooth words.
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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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Everyone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant, but inside I was always quaking.
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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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I wear my sort of clothes to save me the trouble of deciding which clothes to wear.
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I never realized until lately that women were supposed to be the inferior sex.
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I think everyone is an opportunist if they have an opportunity.
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It’s not what you start in life, it’s what you finish.
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You can say or write anything about me you like. Just don’t, for any reason, ever tell the truth.
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Life gets harder the smarter you get, the more you know.
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Trying to be fascinating is an asinine position to be in.
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I love rain. It’s lucky, I always think.
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I could peel you like a pear and god himself would see the justice in it.
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I’ve always thought men and women are not too well suited to each other. It’s inevitable that they should come together, but, again, how well suited are they to live together in the same house?
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What the hell-you might be right, you might be wrong but don’t just avoid.
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He’s worked his entire life and he’s never lived a single moment, I mean not a moment, in the real world.
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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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The only time I am ever miserable is when I do something just for the money.
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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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If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.
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If you survive long enough, you’re revered – rather like an old building.
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Children need boundaries, so they can know how far they have to go to get beyond them.
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I don’t believe in marriage. It’s bloody impractical. ‘To love, honor, and obey.’ If it weren’t, you wouldn’t have to sign a contract.
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