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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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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 find a woman's point of view much grander and finer than a man's.
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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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When I’ve been unsuccessful, I’ve been controlled. When I’ve been successful, I’ve been in control.
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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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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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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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My, I like Judy Holliday! She looks like a Monet model. And she's so - so defenseless. I like defenseless people. They're the best.
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Cold sober, I find myself absolutely fascinating.
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Never complain. Never explain.
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I love rain. It's lucky, I always think.
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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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What acting means is that you've got to get out of your own skin.
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I welcome death. In death there are no interviews!
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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.
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The only time I am ever miserable is when I do something just for the money.
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