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I always wanted to be a movie actress. I thought it was very romantic. And it was.
Katharine Hepburn
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Katharine Hepburn
Age: 96 †
Born: 1907
Born: May 12
Died: 2003
Died: June 29
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Katharine Houghton Hepburn
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The lack of work destroys people.
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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.
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My father, a surgeon and urologist, studied sex professionally all his life. Before he died at 82, he told me he hadn't come to any conclusions about it at all.
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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.
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The only time I am ever miserable is when I do something just for the money.
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Acting is the perfect idiot's profession.
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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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Friendship, if somebody holds out his hand toward you, you've got to reach and take it... There are too many people alone, and if you're lucky enough for somebody to want you as a friend, it's an obligation.
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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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People have grown fond of me, like some old building.
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The time to make up your mind about people is never.
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I don't care WHAT the say about me, as long as it's not the truth
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If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting.
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If you survive long enough, you're revered - rather like an old building.
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You can’t change the music of your soul.
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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 think everyone is an opportunist if they have an opportunity.
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I have loved and been in love. There's a big difference.
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