Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability.
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And also, I know I have this responsibility or mission to show people, to encourage them to live their dream, too.
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I was 17 when I was forced into marriage. I had no hand in it, and I didn't even enjoy being with the man. Also, I wanted to study, but no one listened to me. I wanted to move forward in life, it wasn't a happy situation. Because of some family problems, I had to stick around.
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People still don't appreciate how ephemeral success is.
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It's hard to give advice. There are so many people, how do you give major advice to a group of people, it's very presumptuous.
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Some of the most fun people I know are scientists.
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I really like performing for people.
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I think sports and bodybuilding were the only things that saved me from getting beat up. People are not pleased, for whatever reason, when you can answer all the questions in class. If not for the respect I got from track, cross-country, wrestling and bodybuilding, it would have been a disaster.
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I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I'm still a supporter of it.
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I would not run for president. I really like what I'm doing now. People say I'm giving them energy and hope.
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I think anytime you can affect people in general, in a positive way, then you're a lucky individual.
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To get important work done, most leaders organize people into teams. They believe that when people collaborate toward a common goal, great things can happen. Yet in reality, the whole is often much less than the sum of the parts.
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My whole thing is to entertain, make people laugh and to forget about the real world for awhile.
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When people connect to my work, it makes me feel great. A lot of that stuff is really deep, and when I play something and people feel what I feel, and use it in important situations in their lives, like at weddings or funerals, that's so powerful. It means I can connect with them on an important level.
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When the gun lobby fights gun-control legislation, its logic is clear: it does not like laws that prevent people from owning or using guns.
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That's where the good ideas come from: the people, not the boardroom. But you have to be willing to put in the legwork.
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I think people think I'm a lot younger than I am because of how I look on screen.
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You should be appeasing people as much as possible, not stigmatising them. The ban of the burkini puts into question people's individual freedoms.
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Insider trading tells everybody at precisely the wrong time that everything is rigged, and only people who have a billion dollars and have access to and are best friends with people who are on boards of directors of major companies - they're the only ones who can make a true buck.
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I can't actually play any instrument properly. I can't read music. And here's the New York Times calling me the new George Gershwin. It was so ridiculous, really embarrassing. It was embarrassing to watch these people fall into the trap of their own critical conceits.
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I will admit, like Socrates and Aristotle and Plato and some other philosophers, that there are instances where the death penalty would seem appropriate.
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Suspense films are often based on communication problems, and that affects all of the plot points. It almost gives it kind of a fable feeling.
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There is no case where ignorance should be preferred to knowledge - especially if the knowledge is terrible.
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Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about.
