The notion that work is a burden is a terrible mistake. Working and facing up to one’s responsibilities: That’s happiness.
KATHARINE HEPBURNIt’s not what you start in life, it’s what you finish.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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You give because you love and cannot help giving.
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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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Enemies are so stimulating.
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To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.
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Life is hard. After all, it kills you.
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What the hell-you might be right, you might be wrong but don’t just avoid.
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You can’t change the music of your soul.
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You are the only person you can actually change.
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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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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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If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.
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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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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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Silence the artist and you have silenced the most articulate voice the people have.
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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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