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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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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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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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It's either some kind of electricity or some kind of energy. I don't know what it is, but whatever it is, I've got it.
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Silence the artist and you have silenced the most articulate voice the people have.
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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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Who is Katharine Hepburn? It took me a long time to create that creature.
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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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Listen to the song of life.
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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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Why slap them on the wrist with feather when you can belt them over the head with a sledgehammer.
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If you survive long enough, you're revered - rather like an old building.
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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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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 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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Life is very hard, isn't it? It does kill you, after all.
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It is the plain women who know about love the beautiful women are too busy being fascinating.
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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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A boy sows a wild oat or two, the world winks. A girl does the same -- scandal.
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Acting is the perfect idiot's profession.
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You sell yourself. The part that I sell is the creature. The adorable part.
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