Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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I have not lived as a woman. I have lived as a man. I've just done what I damn well wanted to, and I've made enough money to support myself, and ain't afraid of being alone.
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What acting means is that you've got to get out of your own skin.
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It's not what you start in life, it's what you finish.
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The thing about life is that you must survive. Life is going to be difficult, and dreadful things will happen. What you do is move along, get on with it, and be tough. Not in the sense of being mean to others, but being tough with yourself and making a deadly effort not to be defeated.
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I realised long ago that skirts are hopeless. Anytime I hear a man say he prefers a woman in a skirt, I say, 'Try one. Try a skirt.'
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To be loved is very demoralizing.
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I'm what is known as gradually disintegrating. I don't fear the next world, or anything. I don't fear hell, and I don't look forward to heaven.
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If you lead a public life, people are much more on to you than you think.
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Listen to the Song of Life.
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The woman's position in the world today is so much harder than a man's that it makes me choke every time I hear a man complain about anything.
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Just write the best you can about the things that concern you most. I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.
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The only time I am ever miserable is when I do something just for the money.
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Who is Katharine Hepburn? It took me a long time to create that creature.
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All my life, I've stayed at parties too long because I didn't know when to go.
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I don't regret anything I've ever done; as long as I enjoyed it at the time.
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Only when a woman decides not to have children, can a woman live like a man. That's what I've done.
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It would be a terrific innovation if you could get your mind to stretch a little further than the next wisecrack.
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If you want to give up the admiration of thousands of men for the distain of one, go ahead, get married.
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We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change.
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It's a business you go into because your an egocentric. It's a very embarrassing profession.
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Not everyone is lucky enough to understand how delicious it is to suffer.
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You give because you love and cannot help giving.
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Enemies are so stimulating.
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I thought, can you think of any really good reason not to do it? Except that, oh, I'm so shy, or oh, my private life, or oh, are they going to find out how boring I am? You know? And that was the only reason now, in a sense, not to do television. Because it certainly is a method of expression, which has to be accepted as these things come along.