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Few people know what they mean when they say, I love you. ... Well, what does the word love mean? It means total interest. I think the reason very few people really fall in love with anyone is they're not willing to pay the price. The price is you have to adjust yourself to them.

Katharine Hepburn

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Katharine Hepburn
Age: 96 †
Born: 1907
Born: May 12
Died: 2003
Died: June 29
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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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The average Hollywood film star's ambition is to be admired by an American, courted by an Italian, married to an Englishman and have a French boyfriend.
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If you have fame, you never feel that you have fame, if you have the brains of a flea. Because fame is something that's over back of you. It ain't ahead.... Not ahead at all. I mean, if you've done it that's great, but what are you going to do now? is the only thing that matters.
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You are the only person you can actually change
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I like to move fast, and wearing high heels was tough, and low heels with a skirt is unattractive. So pants took over.
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Loved people are loving people.
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How wonderful are the women and men in the world who feed us. Especially those who feed us with no salary. The mothers—I thought. The wives.
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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 only time I am ever miserable is when I do something just for the money.
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Don't give in! Make your own trail. Don't moan. Don't complain. Think positively.
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To live creatively free, do what you know how to do now, then 'act as if' you know how to do the rest.
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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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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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I don't think that work ever really destroyed anybody. I think that lack of work destroys them a hell of a lot more.
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To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.
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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.
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The calla lilies are in bloom again. Such a strange flower—suitable to any occasion. I carried them on my wedding day, and now I place them here in memory of something that has died.
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The terrible thing about acting in the theater is that you have to do it at night.
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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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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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