It’s how you live that really counts.
KATHARINE HEPBURNBeing a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesn’t interest you, don’t do it – I would have made a terrible mother.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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The terrible thing about acting in the theater is that you have to do it at night.
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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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I don’t fear death, it must be like a long sleep.
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Don’t moan, don’t whine, don’t blame. Just get on with it.
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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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To be loved is very demoralizing.
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Wouldn’t it be great if people could get to live suddenly as often as they die suddenly?
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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’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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If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.
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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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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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Acting is a nice childish profession – pretending you’re someone else and, at the same time, selling yourself.
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Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about.
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Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do.
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