The notion that work is a burden is a terrible mistake. Working and facing up to one’s responsibilities: That’s happiness.
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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To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.
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Isn’t it fun getting older? is really a terrible fallacy. That’s like saying I prefer driving an old car with a flat tire.
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Listen to the song of life.
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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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You can’t change the music of your soul.
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To live creatively free, do what you know how to do now, then ‘act as if’ you know how to do the rest.
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As one goes through life, one learns that if you don’t paddle your own canoe, you don’t move.
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All my life, I’ve stayed at parties too long because I didn’t know when to go.
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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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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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Acting is the perfect idiot’s profession.
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It would be a terrific innovation if you could get your mind to stretch a little further than the next wisecrack.
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I like to move fast, and wearing high heels was tough, and low heels with a skirt is unattractive. So pants took over.
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You learn in life that the only person you can really correct and change is yourself.
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Dressing up is a bore. At a certain age, you decorate yourself to attract the opposite sex, and at a certain age, I did that. But I’m past that age.
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