Life can be wildly tragic at times, and I’ve had my share. But whatever happens to you, you have to keep a slightly comic attitude. In the final analysis, you have got not to forget to laugh.
KATHARINE HEPBURNYou 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.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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There are no laurels in life, just new challenges.
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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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Never complain. Never explain.
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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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I never realized until lately that women were supposed to be the inferior sex.
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To be loved is very demoralizing.
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When I’ve been unsuccessful, I’ve been controlled. When I’ve been successful, I’ve been in control.
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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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Not everyone is lucky enough to understand how delicious it is to suffer.
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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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I don’t believe in marriage. It’s bloody impractical. ‘To love, honor, and obey.’ If it weren’t, you wouldn’t have to sign a contract.
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I believe how I act today will affect how I am tomorrow.
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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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I’ve made forty-three pictures. Naturally I’m adorable in all of them.
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Life is very hard, isn’t it? It does kill you, after all.
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