Everyone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant, but inside I was always quaking.
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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Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get — only what you are expecting to give — which is everything. What you will receive in return varies. But it really has no connection with what you give. You give because you love and cannot help giving.
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I realised long ago that skirts are hopeless. Anytime I hear a man say he prefers a woman in a skirt, I say, ‘Try one. Try a skirt.’
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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 need a helping hand, you can find one at the end of your arm.
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You can’t change the music of your soul.
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Silence the artist and you have silenced the most articulate voice the people have.
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If you survive long enough, you’re revered – rather like an old building.
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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 don’t think that work ever really destroyed anybody. I think that lack of work destroys them a hell of a lot more.
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I don’t fear death, it must be like a long sleep.
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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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The woman’s position in the world today is so much harder than a man’s that it makes me choke every time I hear a man complain about anything.
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A sharp knife cuts the quickest and hurts the least.
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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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I love rain. It’s lucky, I always think.
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The time to make up your mind about people is never.
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Acting is a nice childish profession – pretending you’re someone else and, at the same time, selling yourself.
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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 never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.
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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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Love fattens on smooth words.
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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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Not everyone is lucky enough to understand how delicious it is to suffer.
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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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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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To be loved is very demoralizing.
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