Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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It's a truism to say that my state, Texas, isn't a red state: It's a nonvoting state.
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Most important was to remain focused and always have presence of mind.
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I want to do good for Israel. My philosophy is let's do good stuff, and let's see what happens. And que sera, sera.
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Take your average couscous salad, and it's almost always a sloppy mush, no matter how much attention has gone into getting flavours in there.
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The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.
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If any of you have seen my shows, you know that I don't skimp on them and the same is true for the gym. We spend what it takes to make a globally first-class gym.
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I've travelled a huge amount, but almost all of it has been through work. I spent five years stationed in London in the special services of the American Air Force, producing and directing shows for the troops, which I absolutely loved.
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Memory is not an instrument for exploring the past but its theatre. It is the medium of past experience, as the ground is the medium in which dead cities lie interred.
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When I start something, I have to finish it, and I'm a super perfectionist, too.
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I have the backbone of an eel.
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When I was unemployed, I hosted lots of dinner parties. Now I have time to make a pot of soup for the week - if I'm lucky!
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Cowardice and courage are never without a measure of affectation. Nor is love. Feelings are never true. They play with their mirrors.
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Before I got pregnant, I was doing Pilates a couple times a week, and I actually loved Pilates. I noticed a difference with my core, which is my problem area, so that was nice. For me, I don't do a lot of cardio. I lift more weights.
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When you're a young English person who wants to be an actress and you have dreams, you dream of being Vanessa Redgrave or Judi Dench.
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Too many Americans who are uninsured or under-insured do not receive regular checkups because they can't afford coverage or their insurance doesn't cover enough of the costs. The lack of preventive care results in countless emergency room visits and health care disasters for families.
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Finite to fail, but infinite to venture.
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I don't ever think about the roads I didn't take because I spend too much time thinking what's ahead. I don't go backwards.
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I think it's linked to the realisation that we're not going to live forever and that the way of saying and the language become more important than the story.
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I never thought that being a puppeteer was something someone could do as a job.
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And now that its ruby eyes are set into the gold, you cannot see their tear-shape, so they seem to be laughing rather than crying. It is a constant reminder to me of the human ability to create something beautiful even when things are at the darkest.
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My white counterparts are always pushing the line, and they are fearless, so why can't I do that, too?
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I am fearless when I think I'm alone.
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I was fearless...and lawless.
