Audrey Hepburn Quotes

My greatest victory has been to be able to live with myself, to accept my shortcomings. I'm a long way from the human being I'd liked to be, but I've decided I'm not so bad after all.

Audrey Hepburn

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  Audrey Hepburn
  • Victory
  • Accept
  • Human being