Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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You can’t change the music of your soul.
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The average Hollywood film star's ambition is to be admired by an American, courted by an Italian, married to an Englishman and have a French boyfriend.
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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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Friendship, if somebody holds out his hand toward you, you've got to reach and take it... There are too many people alone, and if you're lucky enough for somebody to want you as a friend, it's an obligation.
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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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Once a crowd chased me for an autograph. 'Beat it, ' I said, 'go sit on a tack!' 'We made you, ' they said. 'Like hell you did, ' I told them.
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Time is the stuff of which life is made.
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Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about.
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I don't give a damn about marriage. But I do care about honor.
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Trying to be fascinating is an asinine position to be in.
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I don't care what is written about me so long as it isn't true.
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You sell yourself. The part that I sell is the creature. The adorable part.
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I was fearless...and lawless.
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I can remember walking as a child. It was not customary to say you were fatigued. It was customary to complete the goal of the expedition.
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Cold sober, I find myself absolutely fascinating.
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I'm an atheist, and that's it. I believe there's nothing we can know except that we should be kind to each other and do what we can for people.
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You politicians remain professional because the voters remain amateur.
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It's how you live that really counts.
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I believe how I act today will affect how I am tomorrow.
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Never complain. Never explain.
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Nobody owes anybody anything; it's up to each individual to set high standards for himself or herself, and to set about working hard and creating a solid future.
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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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If you need a helping hand, you can find one at the end of your arm.
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You can't just be talented: You have to be terribly smart and energetic and ruthless. You also have to become necessary to people, by working hard and well and bringing more than your bones and your skin to the project. Don't just show up. Transform the work, yourself, and everybody around you. Be needed. Be interesting. Be something no one else can be--and consistently.