Audrey Hepburn Quotes
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I have learnt how to live…how to be in the world and of the world, and not just to stand aside and watch.
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Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!
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Pick the day. Enjoy it– to the hilt.
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This is what you do on your very first day in Paris. You get yourself, not a drizzle, but some honest-to-goodness rain, and you find yourself someone really nice and drive her through the Bois de Boulogne in a taxi. The rain's very important. That's when Paris smells its sweetest. It's the damp chestnut trees.
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Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm. I really hope no one misinterprets this quote as being about masturbation.
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Can I have a silk nightgown with rosebuds on it?
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I've been lucky. Opportunities don't often come along. So, when they do, you have to grab them.
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And...I think that's what life is all about, actually, about children and flowers.
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If my world were to cave in tomorrow, I would look back on all the pleasures, excitements and worthwhilenesses I have been lucky enough to have had. Not the sadness, not my miscarriages or my father leaving home, but the joy of everything else. It will have been enough.
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There is more to sex appeal than just measurements.
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You can even say that I hated myself at certain periods. I was too fat, or maybe too tall, or maybe just plain too ugly ... you can say my definiteness stems from underlying feelings of insecurity and inferiority. I couldn't conquer these feelings by acting indecisive. I found the only way to get the better of them was by adopting a forceful, concentrated drive.
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Beauty is being the best possible version of yourself, inside and out.
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I lack self-confidence. I don't know whether I shall ever get it. Perhaps it is better to be unsure of your self, as I am. But it is very tiring.
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People in these places don't know Audrey Hepburn, but they recognise the name UNICEF. When they see UNICEF their faces light up, because they know that something is happening. In the Sudan, for example, they call a water pump UNICEF.
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You can always tell what kind of a person a man really thinks you are by the earrings he gives you.
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If you ever need a helping hand, it is at the end of your arm. As you get older you must remember you have a second hand. The first one is to help yourself. The second hand is to help others.
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I was asked to act when I couldn't act. I was asked to sing "Funny Face" when I couldn't sing and dance with Fred Astaire when I couldn't dance and do all kinds of things I wasn't prepared for. Then I tried like mad to cope with it.
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The 'Third World' is a term I don't like very much, because we're all one world. I want people to know that the largest part of humanity is suffering.
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Why change? Everyone has his own style. When you have found it, you should stick to it.
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Your heart just breaks, that's all. But you can't judge or point fingers. You just have to be lucky enough to find someone who appreciates you.
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If I blow my nose, it gets written all over the world.
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Fewer things are lovelier to me than a full-blown rose when it opens up its heart.
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Some people dream of having a big swimming pool. With me, it’s closets.
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Elegance is the only beauty that never fades.