Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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Nobody owes anybody anything; it's up to each individual to set high standards for himself or herself, and to set about working hard and creating a solid future.
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The noise is so loud that birds, waves, and people are silenced by the frantic roar of morons screaming and tearing back and forth, back and forth, devastating the peace of a quiet day at the beach and the joy of fellow boatmen on the water.
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If you need a helping hand, you can find one at the end of your arm.
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I think all good actors are personalities. If they're not, they're not stars. What makes you a star is horsepower.
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My father, a surgeon and urologist, studied sex professionally all his life. Before he died at 82, he told me he hadn't come to any conclusions about it at all.
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Acting is the perfect idiot's profession.
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I have no romantic feelings about age. Either you are interesting at any age or you are not. There is nothing particularly interesting about being old - or being young, for that matter.
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I don't care what is written about me as long as it isn't true.
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I don't believe in marriage. It's bloody impractical. 'To love, honor, and obey.' If it weren't, you wouldn't have to sign a contract.
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People think that I'm tough and strong and that I kicked my way through everything. But they are wrong. The truth is that when I was young I was adorable and a trembling wreck.
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You can't just be talented: You have to be terribly smart and energetic and ruthless. You also have to become necessary to people, by working hard and well and bringing more than your bones and your skin to the project. Don't just show up. Transform the work, yourself, and everybody around you. Be needed. Be interesting. Be something no one else can be--and consistently.
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Life is to be lived. If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting. And you don't do that by sitting around.
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Dressing up is a bore. At a certain age, you decorate yourself to attract the opposite sex, and at a certain age, I did that. But I'm past that age.
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If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.
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The calla lilies are in bloom again.
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What the hell-you might be right, you might be wrong...but don't just avoid.
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It is the ordinary woman who knows something about love; the gorgeous ones are too busy being gorgeous.
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You can say or write anything about me you like. Just don't, for any reason, ever tell the truth.
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There are no laurels in life, just new challenges.
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I wear my sort of clothes to save me the trouble of deciding which clothes to wear.
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I don't fear death, it must be like a long sleep.
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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.
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Vitality! That's the pursuit of life, isn't it?
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My greatest strength is common sense. I'm really a standard brand - like Campbell's tomato soup or Baker's chocolate.