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.
KATHARINE HEPBURNNobody owes anybody anything; it’s up to each individual to set high standards for himself or herself, and to set about working hard and creating a solid future.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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If you follow all of the rules, you’ll miss all of the fun.
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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
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Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then.
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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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Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do.
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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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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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If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.
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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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People think that I’m tough and strong and that I kicked my way through everything. But they are wrong. The truth is that when I was young I was adorable and a trembling wreck.
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You learn in life that the only person you can really correct and change is yourself.
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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.
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If you survive long enough, you’re revered – rather like an old building.
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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 have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting.
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