Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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I was born lucky, and I have lived lucky. What I had was used. What I still have is being used. Lucky.
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If you survive long enough, you're revered-rather like an old building.
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He's worked his entire life and he's never lived a single moment, I mean not a moment, in the real world.
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Kindness is one of the greatest gifts you can bestow upon another. If someone is in need, lend them a helping hand. Do not wait for a thank you. True kindness lies within the act of giving without the expectation of something in return.
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I don't feel the slightest interest in the next world; I think it's here. And I think anything good that you're going to do, you should do for other people here and not so you can try to have a happy time in the next world.
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You are the only person you can actually change.
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We were brought up in the school that teaches: You do what the script tells you. Deliver the goods without comment. Live it-do it-or shut up. After all, the writer is what's important. If the script is good and you don't get in its way, it will come off okay. I never discussed a script with Spence [Spencer Tracy]; we just did it. The same with Hank [Henry Fonda] in On Golden Pond. Naturally and unconsciously we joined into what I call a musical necessity-the chemistry that brings out the essence of the characters and the work.
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It is the plain women who know about love; the beautiful women are too busy being fascinating.
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It's a new low for actresses when you have to wonder what is between her ears instead of her legs.
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Silence the artist and you have silenced the most articulate voice the people have.
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I love rain. It's lucky, I always think.
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I welcome death. In death there are no interviews!
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Listen to the Song of Life.
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I've always thought men and women are not too well suited to each other. It's inevitable that they should come together, but, again, how well suited are they to live together in the same house?
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People have grown fond of me, like some old building.
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I have loved and been in love. There's a big difference.
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Wouldn't it be great if people could get to live suddenly as often as they die suddenly?
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Who is Katharine Hepburn? It took me a long time to create that creature.
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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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Show me an actress who isn't a personality and I'll show you a woman who isn't a star.
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I'm a legend because I've survived over a long period of time and still seem to be master of my fate - I'm still paddling the goddamned boat myself.
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I always wanted to be a movie actress. I thought it was very romantic. And it was.
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Our Constitution was not intended to be used by ... any group to foist its personal religious beliefs on the rest of us.
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Bogart was like Henry Fonda - proud and happy to be an actor.