Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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Who is Katharine Hepburn? It took me a long time to create that creature.
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Silence the artist and you have silenced the most articulate voice the people have.
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The only time I am ever miserable is when I do something just for the money.
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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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When I’ve been unsuccessful, I’ve been controlled. When I’ve been successful, I’ve been in control.
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Don't moan, don't whine, don't blame. Just get on with it.
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Man who stands on toilet, gets high on pot!
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What you see before you, my friend, is the result of a lifetime of chocolate.
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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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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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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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Plain women know more about men than beautiful ones do.
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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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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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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.
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You never feel that you have fame. It's always in back of you.
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Without discipline, there's no life at all.
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In some ways I've lived my life like a man, made my own decisions, etc. I've been as terrified as the next person, but you've got to keep going.
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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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What acting means is that you've got to get out of your own skin.
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'My beautiful Grandmother - Caroline Garlinghouse - came from Pittsburgh - my mother's mother. I never met her but I have followed many of her ideas - through my mother - And it has given me a warm spot in my heart for your city...My grandmother's brother, Fred Garlinghouse, lived in Pittsburgh, was an engineer and apparently worked for Jones & Laughlin.'
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Children need boundaries, so they can know how far they have to go to get beyond them.
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You give because you love and cannot help giving.