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Silence the artist and you have silenced the most articulate voice the people have.

Katharine Hepburn

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Katharine Hepburn
Age: 96 †
Born: 1907
Born: May 12
Died: 2003
Died: June 29
Actor
Actress
Autobiographer
Film Actor
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Hartford
Connecticut
Katharine Houghton Hepburn
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Loved people are loving people.
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Bogart was like Henry Fonda - proud and happy to be an actor.
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It is the ordinary woman who knows something about love the gorgeous ones are too busy being gorgeous.
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Dressing up is a bore. At a certain age, you decorate yourself to attract the opposite sex, and at a certain age, I did that. But I'm past that age.
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Acting is the perfect idiot's profession.
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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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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 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.
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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.
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Cold sober, I find myself absolutely fascinating.
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I don't give a damn about marriage. But I do care about honor.
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Time is the stuff of which life is made.
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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.
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Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then.
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I have always lived my life exactly as I wanted. I've tried to please no one but myself... but I'm entirely content. I can sit back in my old age and not regret a single moment, not wish to change a single thing. It's what I wish for you...a life with no regrets.
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People have grown fond of me, like some old building.
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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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