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.
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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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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What in the world would we do without our libraries?
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The only time I am ever miserable is when I do something just for the money.
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Only when a woman decides not to have children, can a woman live like a man. That’s what I’ve done.
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Life is hard. After all, it kills you.
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Our Constitution was not intended to be used by … any group to foist its personal religious beliefs on the rest of us.
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I think all good actors are personalities. If they’re not, they’re not stars. What makes you a star is horsepower.
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I was born lucky, and I have lived lucky. What I had was used. What I still have is being used. Lucky.
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To be loved is very demoralizing.
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I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.
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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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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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It would be a terrific innovation if you could get your mind to stretch a little further than the next wisecrack.
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Don’t moan, don’t whine, don’t blame. Just get on with it.
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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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