Katharine Hepburn Quotes
The notion that work is a burden is a terrible mistake. Working and facing up to one's responsibilities: That's happiness.
Quotes to Explore
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To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity.
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I think I developed language skills to deal with threat. It's the girl thing to do-you know, instead of pulling out a gun.
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When I was in the private sector, I found it immensely useful to go out and talk to customers and co-workers.
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When I was depressed, nobody expected anything of me, nor did I expect anything of myself. I was exempt from life's demands and risks. But if I were to find new life, who knows what daunting tasks I might be required to take on?
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All fashion brands are about looking good. Being Human is also about doing good. And you can do good by the simple act of slipping into a t-shirt or a pair of jeans.
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I walk around - people know who I am. I've got friends. I can make ends meet. I grew up around people who have been hustling from the start, so I think I've got a bright little future ahead of me - especially if I don't fight. Why would I want to go out there and fight with somebody, get my face punched and kicked. It's not my idea of a good time.
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In China, we don't know about the swimming pool game, but we know about Marco Polo.
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I've always believed that a good twist is one that, when it is presented to the audience, half of them say, 'I saw that coming.' And half of them are completely and totally shocked. Because if you don't have the half that saw it coming, then it wasn't fair: You never gave the audience a chance to guess it.
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There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
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When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
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All working parents should have paid family leave. That's one of many reasons I'm working to elect Hillary Clinton. She has a plan to guarantee workers - men and women - up to 12 weeks of paid family leave to care for a new child or a seriously ill family member.
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Politics is a herd mentality. Politicians don't really lead. Politicians reflect what they think is consensus opinion.
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When you're a teenage girl, a lot of being pretty has to do with your hair.
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Change is a continuous process. You cannot assess it with the static yardstick of a limited time frame. When a seed is sown into the ground, you cannot immediately see the plant. You have to be patient. With time, it grows into a large tree. And then the flowers bloom, and only then can the fruits be plucked.
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Accept it or not, every star, actor, and director wants to work on larger-than-life films.
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My whole career has been trying to please people in basketball. Now it's time to please myself.
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The Secure Fence Act, which authorizes the construction of 700 miles of security barriers along the southwest border, has now been sent to President Bush for his signature. This piece of legislation is an important piece of the border security puzzle.
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After defining an idea of what I want to achieve, through a series of storyboard images, I'll go to the ends of the earth to create it, whether that involves obscure camera lenses or the latest electronic techniques.
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Athletes have to be confident and I am thinking like that.
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I am really and truly frightened by the collapse of support for the Republican Party by the young and the educated.
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Whenever I prepare for a journey I prepare as though for death. Should I never return, all is in order.
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I've never gotten up in front of a Muslim congregation and played the role of a religious leader, and I decline those invitations because that's not what I am.
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When I came to Yahoo! in 2012, I came because I really wanted to work hard. I thought it was a great challenge.
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The notion that work is a burden is a terrible mistake. Working and facing up to one's responsibilities: That's happiness.
