The terrible thing about acting in the theater is that you have to do it at night.
KATHARINE HEPBURNI don’t feel the slightest interest in the next world; I think it’s here. And I think anything good that you’re going to do, you should do for other people here and not so you can try to have a happy time in the next world.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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Everyone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant, but inside I was always quaking.
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If you survive long enough, you’re revered – rather like an old building.
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I could peel you like a pear and god himself would see the justice in it.
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If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.
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Life is hard. After all, it kills you.
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Life is very hard, isn’t it? It does kill you, after all.
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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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We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers – but never blame yourself. It’s never your fault. But it’s always your fault, because if you wanted to change you’re the one who has got to change.
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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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It’s not what you start in life, it’s what you finish.
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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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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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It is the plain women who know about love; the beautiful women are too busy being fascinating.
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Love fattens on smooth words.
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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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