I have not lived as a woman. I have lived as a man. I’ve just done what I damn well wanted to, and I’ve made enough money to support myself, and ain’t afraid of being alone
KATHARINE HEPBURNPeople who want to be famous are really loners. Or they should be.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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I never realized until lately that women were supposed to be the inferior sex.
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Being an actor is such a humiliating experience because you are selling yourself to the public, your face, your personality, and that is humiliating. As you get older, it becomes more humiliating because you’ve got less to sell.
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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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Life gets harder the smarter you get, the more you know.
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I’ve made forty-three pictures. Naturally I’m adorable in all of them.
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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 wear my sort of clothes to save me the trouble of deciding which clothes to wear.
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Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do.
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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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Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about.
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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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Time is the stuff of which life is made.
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Cold sober, I find myself absolutely fascinating.
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I think everyone is an opportunist if they have an opportunity.
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It’s how you live that really counts.
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