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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.
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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Being an actor is such a humiliating experience because you are selling yourself to the public, your face, your personality, and that is humiliating. As you get older, it becomes more humiliating because you've got less to sell.
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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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Don't moan, don't whine, don't blame. Just get on with it.
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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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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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I thought, can you think of any really good reason not to do it? Except that, oh, I'm so shy, or oh, my private life, or oh, are they going to find out how boring I am? You know? And that was the only reason now, in a sense, not to do television. Because it certainly is a method of expression, which has to be accepted as these things come along.
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The only time I am ever miserable is when I do something just for the money.
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Why slap them on the wrist with feather when you can belt them over the head with a sledgehammer.
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I think all good actors are personalities. If they're not, they're not stars. What makes you a star is horsepower.
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Its a force of life, sex you cant deny the thrill of riding high, wide and handsome with someone you love.
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Afraid of death? Not at all. Be a great relief. Then I wouldn't have to talk to you.
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If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.
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Never complain. Never explain.
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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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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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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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Everyone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant, but inside I was always quaking.
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Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do.
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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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