Katharine Hepburn Quotes
When I’ve been unsuccessful, I’ve been controlled. When I’ve been successful, I’ve been in control.
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Your dresses should be tight enough to show you're a woman and loose enough to show you're a lady.
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Only a fool does not fear actors, but you can't beat them, and if you can't beat them, join them, as they say. As I've got older I've become very interested in that part of the work.
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I know having a Jason Bourne all alone in a field firing at bad guys is much more dramatic, but it's not real.
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I'm extremely determined and ambitious.
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Theatre, when it is at its best, takes a lot of beating - the live experience and the shared collective experience of live storytelling is really special when it is good. Particularly here in New York because the audiences are amazing, very vocal and very engaged, and that makes theatre very exciting.
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The end of secrecy would be the end of the novel - especially the English novel. The English novel requires social secrecy, personal secrecy.
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The only reason I would write a break-up song is because my own problem of allowing myself to relate to people.
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I said to Ruth Rendell, 'When you've written as many books as you have, it's easier.' She said, 'No dear, it gets harder'.
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I'm very drawn to the human condition and the emotional aspects of stories. It's what's not on the page that I get excited about.
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To prosper and advance, the American business sector is going to need a financial system oriented toward business, not 'home ownership.'
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History is full of examples of regimes that were oppressing at home and aggressive abroad, and I can't think of too many liberal democracies engaging in counterfeiting, drug running, missile proliferation, and just about any other illegal activity you can think of as North Korea does.
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Actually, I bought one share of Warren Buffett's stock, probably 35 years ago, in order to read his letters.
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You'd think skiing wouldn't be strenuous - all you have to do, after all, is start at the top and let gravity pull you to the dessert bar in the lodge. But at those elevations, you'll find about as much oxygen as you'll find kindness from your children. It's like spending six hours holding your breath.
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I've found out how overwhelming the media is and the way it drills things into your head, it's almost like a mind control. If I could control prople's minds, I'd like to put something useful in.
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I think the most interesting parts of human experience might be the sparks that come from that sort of chipping flint of cultures rubbing against each other. And living on the border between Mexico and the U.S. for so many years gave me a lot of insight into that.
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If you use tact you can say anything, then make it funny.
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I love running and I will always run.
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I didn't wake up and decide to become an activist. But you couldn't help notice the inequities, the injustices. It was all around you.
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Part of what I like about the best villains in TV and film is when you feel sorry for them, and that makes you feel even worse for feeling guilty about wanting them to succeed, in some way.
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If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life.
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You can forgive yourself a great deal.
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We have 21 races in the year and Monaco is the one that you want to win.
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What I've noticed in this game is how EA has even duplicated my moves and my style of play perfectly. It is really incredible and a lot of fun to play.
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When I’ve been unsuccessful, I’ve been controlled. When I’ve been successful, I’ve been in control.
