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The notion that work is a burden is a terrible mistake. Working and facing up to one's responsibilities: That's happiness.
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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He's worked his entire life and he's never lived a single moment, I mean not a moment, in the real world.
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