Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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The long irons are the nemesis of the average golfer. I'm convinced that the underlying reason for this is that he keeps hearing how hard they are to handle. They're not that difficult, truly.
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The mind moves in the direction of our currently dominant thoughts.
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The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy.
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What I hope to do in the States is to break up this stereotyping of Muslims and Arabs. I mean, we are basically the only sub-culture that is not represented in Hollywood. And it's funny because everybody is talking about the Muslim world and the Arab world, and we are not represented.
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I dress for men.
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I actually like to sing on 'Rock Band.' I prefer to take the mic.
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If people take an interest in you and they think there's half a chance, they might hang on. It's dreadful.
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I support many organizations that I feel are doing the right thing, like Alonzo Mourning's foundation, Alicia Keys' foundation, the Make-a-Wish Foundation, and other well-established foundations. I kick out a lot of time and money wherever I can.
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I'd like to do more acting.
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This love is silent.
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Going to parties usually makes me feel depressed, just because I have such social fear after meeting people.
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Anybody that believes that a country can be maintained that has no ethnic core to it or no linguistic core to it, I believe, is naive in the extreme.
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There are 3 billion women in the world, so there are 3 billion ways to be a feminist.
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The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself.
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When you're in the music business, everything is very personal, because you are invested in everything; there's a very deep, personal attachment to your music.
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When companies minimize their costs, they can spend more on R & D and marketing. It's just very logical.
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I use the setting of a small rural Norwegian community - the kind of place that I know so intimately. I could never write a novel set in a big city, because, frankly, I don't know what it would be like.
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My wife has a horror the children will start talking American if we spend too much time out there.
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That was my challenge as an actress: to be a necessary part of the office without being too aggressive.
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Sometimes, things need to be so understated on film that I don't even see them as funny, which isn't my favorite style, comedically. When I watch film comedy, I like people that are a little bit more alive on the screen and wound up. I like volatility and unpredictability and other long words like those.
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Those women are the true divas. They're amazing performers, whom I've listened to for years. These are the people who've inspired me to sing, so it's flattering that I'm being compared to them. But I have a lot of hard work to do first.
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I'm not advocating spending less on the elderly, but I am strongly advocating spending more on kids while also putting the country on a sound, long-term fiscal trajectory. To do that, we have to reduce the rate of growth of entitlement-related expenditures and add more revenues.
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I need to do more on stage. I've got to get my fix!
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I don't care what is written about me so long as it isn't true.
