The terrible thing about acting in the theater is that you have to do it at night.
KATHARINE HEPBURNWhen I’ve been unsuccessful, I’ve been controlled. When I’ve been successful, I’ve been in control.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.
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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.
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It’s either some kind of electricity or some kind of energy. I don’t know what it is, but whatever it is, I’ve got it.
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It’s how you live that really counts.
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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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As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work.
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There are no laurels in life, just new challenges.
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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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If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.
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A boy sows a wild oat or two, the world winks. A girl does the same — scandal.
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If you survive long enough, you’re revered – rather like an old building.
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Not everyone is lucky enough to understand how delicious it is to suffer.
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What you see before you, my friend, is the result of a lifetime of chocolate.
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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 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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