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.
KATHARINE HEPBURNLove has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get – only with what you are expecting to give – which is everything.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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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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What you see before you, my friend, is the result of a lifetime of chocolate.
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You learn in life that the only person you can really correct and change is yourself.
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If you survive long enough, you’re revered – rather like an old building.
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I believe how I act today will affect how I am tomorrow.
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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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The average Hollywood film star’s ambition is to be admired by an American, courted by an Italian, married to an Englishman and have a French boyfriend.
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You politicians remain professional because the voters remain amateur.
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I like to move fast, and wearing high heels was tough, and low heels with a skirt is unattractive. So pants took over.
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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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I don’t care WHAT the say about me, as long as it’s not the truth.
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The time to make up your mind about people is never.
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It’s not what you start in life, it’s what you finish.
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People who want to be famous are really loners. Or they should be.
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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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Trying to be fascinating is an asinine position to be in.
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I don’t fear death, it must be like a long sleep.
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If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.
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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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I don’t regret anything I’ve ever done; as long as I enjoyed it at the time.
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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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All my life, I’ve stayed at parties too long because I didn’t know when to go.
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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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Enemies are so stimulating.
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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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If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.
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