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Katharine Hepburn quotes: Love fattens on smooth words. Love fattens on smooth words.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: Why slap them on the wrist with feather when you can belt them over the head with a sledgehammer. Why slap them on the wrist with feather when you can belt them over the head with a sledgehammer.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: If you lead a public life, people are much more on to you than you think. If you lead a public life, people are much more on to you than you think.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: I have loved and been in love. There's a big difference. I have loved and been in love. There's a big difference.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: Trying to be fascinating is an asinine position to be in. Trying to be fascinating is an asinine position to be in.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: I don't give a damn about marriage. But I do care about honor. I don't give a damn about marriage. But I do care about honor.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: If you need a helping hand, you can find one at the end of your arm. If you need a helping hand, you can find one at the end of your arm.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: I wear my sort of clothes to save me the trouble of deciding which clothes to wear. I wear my sort of clothes to save me the trouble of deciding which clothes to wear.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: I was brought up by two extremely intelligent people who gave me the greatest gift that man can give anyone, and that is freedom from fear. I was brought up by two extremely intelligent people who gave me the greatest gift that man can give anyone, and that is freedom from fear.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: The calla lilies are in bloom again. The calla lilies are in bloom again.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: It is the ordinary woman who knows something about love; the gorgeous ones are too busy being gorgeous. It is the ordinary woman who knows something about love; the gorgeous ones are too busy being gorgeous.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: I never realized until lately that women were supposed to be the inferior sex. I never realized until lately that women were supposed to be the inferior sex.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: A boy sows a wild oat or two, the world winks. A girl does the same scandal. A boy sows a wild oat or two, the world winks. A girl does the same
scandal.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: Be yourself, it's a tough act to follow. Be yourself, it's a tough act to follow.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: If you survive long enough, you're revered-rather like an old building. If you survive long enough, you're revered-rather like an old building.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: 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. 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.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: It's life isn't it? You plow ahead and make a hit. And you plow on and someone passes you. Then someone passes them. Time levels. It's life isn't it? You plow ahead and make a hit. And you plow on and someone passes you. Then someone passes them. Time levels.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: It is the plain women who know about love; the beautiful women are too busy being fascinating. It is the plain women who know about love; the beautiful women are too busy being fascinating.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: I just recently realized that women are supposed to be the inferior sex I just recently realized that women are supposed to be the inferior sex
Katharine Hepburn quotes: There are no laurels in life, just new challenges. There are no laurels in life, just new challenges.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: Without discipline, there's no life at all. Without discipline, there's no life at all.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: I could peel you like a pear and god himself would see the justice in it. I could peel you like a pear and god himself would see the justice in it.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: He's worked his entire life and he's never lived a single moment, I mean not a moment, in the real world. He's worked his entire life and he's never lived a single moment, I mean not a moment, in the real world.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: Once a crowd chased me for an autograph. 'Beat it, ' I said, 'go sit on a tack!' 'We made you, ' they said. 'Like hell you did, ' I Once a crowd chased me for an autograph. 'Beat it, ' I said, 'go sit on a tack!' 'We made you, ' they said. 'Like hell you did, ' I told them.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: You don't pick who you fall in love with. There are so few people to love. It's hard for one adult to even like another. Almost impossible. You don't pick who you fall in love with. There are so few people to love. It's hard for one adult to even like another. Almost impossible.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: My greatest strength is common sense. I'm really a standard brand - like Campbell's tomato soup or Baker's chocolate. My greatest strength is common sense. I'm really a standard brand - like Campbell's tomato soup or Baker's chocolate.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: You can say or write anything about me you like. Just don't, for any reason, ever tell the truth. You can say or write anything about me you like. Just don't, for any reason, ever tell the truth.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: 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. 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.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: The lack of work destroys people. The lack of work destroys people.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: Acting is the perfect idiot's profession. Acting is the perfect idiot's profession.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: What in the world would we do without our libraries? What in the world would we do without our libraries?
Katharine Hepburn quotes: I have had twenty years of perfect companionship with a man among men. He is a rock and a protection. I have never regretted it. I have had twenty years of perfect companionship with a man among men. He is a rock and a protection. I have never regretted it.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: As one goes through life, one learns that if you don't paddle your own canoe, you don't move. As one goes through life, one learns that if you don't paddle your own canoe, you don't move.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: I can remember walking as a child. It was not customary to say you were fatigued. It was customary to complete the goal of the expedition. I can remember walking as a child. It was not customary to say you were fatigued. It was customary to complete the goal of the expedition.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: I like to move fast, and wearing high heels was tough, and low heels with a skirt is unattractive. So pants took over. I like to move fast, and wearing high heels was tough, and low heels with a skirt is unattractive. So pants took over.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: I loved Spencer Tracy. I would have done anything for him. I loved Spencer Tracy. I would have done anything for him.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: It's either some kind of electricity or some kind of energy. I don't know what it is, but whatever it is, I've got it. It's either some kind of electricity or some kind of energy. I don't know what it is, but whatever it is, I've got it.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: It's how you live that really counts It's how you live that really counts
Katharine Hepburn quotes: Life is hard. After all, it kills you. Life is hard. After all, it kills you.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: What acting means is that you've got to get out of your own skin. What acting means is that you've got to get out of your own skin.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: To live creatively free, do what you know how to do now, then 'act as if' you know how to do the rest. To live creatively free, do what you know how to do now, then 'act as if' you know how to do the rest.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: 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. 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.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: It's a new low for actresses when you have to wonder what is between her ears instead of her legs. It's a new low for actresses when you have to wonder what is between her ears instead of her legs.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then. Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: I don't care what is written about me as long as it isn't true. I don't care what is written about me as long as it isn't true.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: I don't care WHAT the say about me, as long as it's not the truth I don't care WHAT the say about me, as long as it's not the truth
Katharine Hepburn quotes: Time is the stuff of which life is made. Time is the stuff of which life is made.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: People who want to be famous are really loners. Or they should be. People who want to be famous are really loners. Or they should be.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: Heaven to be the first one up and to eat breakfast all alone. Heaven to be the first one up and to eat breakfast all alone.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges. Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: Don't moan, don't whine, don't blame. Just get on with it. Don't moan, don't whine, don't blame. Just get on with it.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: What the hell-you might be right, you might be wrong ... but don't just avoid. What the hell-you might be right, you might be wrong ... but don't just avoid.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior. If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: It's not what you start in life, it's what you finish. It's not what you start in life, it's what you finish.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: If you're given a choice between money and sex appeal, take the money. As you get older, the money will become your sex appeal. If you're given a choice between money and sex appeal, take the money. As you get older, the money will become your sex appeal.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesn't interest you, don't do it - I would have made a terrible mother. Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesn't interest you, don't do it - I would have made a terrible mother.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do. Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: The terrible thing about acting in the theater is that you have to do it at night. The terrible thing about acting in the theater is that you have to do it at night.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: It's a rather rude gesture, but at least it's clear what you mean. It's a rather rude gesture, but at least it's clear what you mean.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: I welcome death. In death there are no interviews! I welcome death. In death there are no interviews!
Katharine Hepburn quotes: Silence the artist and you have silenced the most articulate voice the people have. Silence the artist and you have silenced the most articulate voice the people have.
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Katharine Hepburn quotes: The only time I am ever miserable is when I do something just for the money. The only time I am ever miserable is when I do something just for the money.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: Children need boundaries, so they can know how far they have to go to get beyond them. Children need boundaries, so they can know how far they have to go to get beyond them.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: I think everyone is an opportunist if they have an opportunity. I think everyone is an opportunist if they have an opportunity.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: Our Constitution was not intended to be used by ... any group to foist its personal religious beliefs on the rest of us. Our Constitution was not intended to be used by ... any group to foist its personal religious beliefs on the rest of us.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: You sell yourself. The part that I sell is the creature. The adorable part. You sell yourself. The part that I sell is the creature. The adorable part.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: I find a woman's point of view much grander and finer than a man's. I find a woman's point of view much grander and finer than a man's.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: Acting is the most minor of gifts. After all, Shirley Temple could do it when she was four. Acting is the most minor of gifts. After all, Shirley Temple could do it when she was four.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: I was fearless...and lawless. I was fearless...and lawless.
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. The notion that work is a burden is a terrible mistake. Working and facing up to one's responsibilities: That's happiness.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: I truly believe that people do the best they can. I truly believe that people do the best they can.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: Listen to the Song of Life Listen to the Song of Life
Katharine Hepburn quotes: No part of marriage is the exclusive province of any one sex. No part of marriage is the exclusive province of any one sex.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: Show me an actress who isn't a personality and I'll show you a woman who isn't a star. Show me an actress who isn't a personality and I'll show you a woman who isn't a star.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: Its a force of life, sex; you cant deny the thrill of riding high, wide and handsome with someone you love. Its a force of life, sex; you cant deny the thrill of riding high, wide and handsome with someone you love.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: Loved people are loving people. Loved people are loving people.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: 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. 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.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: With all the opportunities I had, I could have done more. And if I'd done more, I could have been quite remarkable. With all the opportunities I had, I could have done more. And if I'd done more, I could have been quite remarkable.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: Never complain. Never explain. Never complain. Never explain.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: Two of an actress's greatest assets are love and pain. A great actress, even a good actress, must have plenty of both in her life. Two of an actress's greatest assets are love and pain. A great actress, even a good actress, must have plenty of both in her life.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: What you see before you, my friend, is the result of a lifetime of chocolate. What you see before you, my friend, is the result of a lifetime of chocolate.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: I think all good actors are personalities. If they're not, they're not stars. What makes you a star is horsepower. I think all good actors are personalities. If they're not, they're not stars. What makes you a star is horsepower.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: The shakes stop if you drink enough, but then so does everything else. The shakes stop if you drink enough, but then so does everything else.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: I was born lucky, and I have lived lucky. What I had was used. What I still have is being used. Lucky. I was born lucky, and I have lived lucky. What I had was used. What I still have is being used. Lucky.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: If you follow all of the rules, you'll miss all of the fun. If you follow all of the rules, you'll miss all of the fun.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: My father had been disgusted and heartsick over the fact that I wanted to act. Thought it a silly profession closely allied to street-walking. My father had been disgusted and heartsick over the fact that I wanted to act. Thought it a silly profession closely allied to street-walking.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about. Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: Life gets harder the smarter you get, the more you know. Life gets harder the smarter you get, the more you know.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: When I started out, I didn't have any desire to be an actress or to learn how to act. I just wanted to be famous. When I started out, I didn't have any desire to be an actress or to learn how to act. I just wanted to be famous.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: It would be a terrific innovation if you could get your mind to stretch a little further than the next wisecrack. It would be a terrific innovation if you could get your mind to stretch a little further than the next wisecrack.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: When I've been unsuccessful, I've been controlled. When I've been successful, I've been in control. When I've been unsuccessful, I've been controlled. When I've been successful, I've been in control.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: Acting is the most minor of gifts and not a very high-class way to earn a living. After all, Shirley Temple could do it at the age of four. Acting is the most minor of gifts and not a very high-class way to earn a living. After all, Shirley Temple could do it at the age of four.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: I don't think that work ever really destroyed anybody. I think that lack of work destroys them a hell of a lot more. I don't think that work ever really destroyed anybody. I think that lack of work destroys them a hell of a lot more.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: Life is very hard, isn't it? It does kill you, after all. Life is very hard, isn't it? It does kill you, after all.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work. As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: "Isn't it fun getting older?" is really a terrible fallacy. That's like saying I prefer driving an old car with a flat tire. "Isn't it fun getting older?" is really a terrible fallacy. That's like saying I prefer driving an old car with a flat tire.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: Afraid of death? Not at all. Be a great relief. Then I wouldn't have to talk to you. Afraid of death? Not at all. Be a great relief. Then I wouldn't have to talk to you.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time. To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.
Katharine Hepburn quotes: Don't give in! Make your own trail. Don't moan. Don't complain. Think positively. Don't give in! Make your own trail. Don't moan. Don't complain. Think positively.

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