I was born lucky, and I have lived lucky. What I had was used. What I still have is being used. Lucky.
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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You politicians remain professional because the voters remain amateur.
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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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A boy sows a wild oat or two, the world winks. A girl does the same — scandal.
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Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get – only with what you are expecting to give – which is everything.
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The notion that work is a burden is a terrible mistake. Working and facing up to one’s responsibilities: That’s happiness.
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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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Loved people are loving people.
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I 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.
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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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People who want to be famous are really loners. Or they should be.
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I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.
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Acting is the perfect idiot’s profession.
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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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You are the only person you can actually change.
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Life gets harder the smarter you get, the more you know.
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