Katharine Hepburn Quotes

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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.

  Katharine Hepburn

  Kindness, Lying, Hands

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  As one goes through life, one learns that if you don't paddle your own canoe, you don't move.

  Katharine Hepburn

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Katharine Hepburn (1992). “Me: Stories of My Life”, Random House Large Print Publishing

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  If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.

  Katharine Hepburn

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

  Katharine Hepburn (1987). “The making of The African Queen, or, How I went to Africa with Bogart, Bacall, and Huston and almost lost my mind”, Alfred A. Knopf

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• You can't just be talented: You have to be terribly smart and energetic and ruthless. You also have to become necessary to people, by working hard and well and bringing more than your bones and your skin to the project. Don't just show up. Transform the work, yourself, and everybody around you. Be needed. Be interesting. Be something no one else can be--and consistently.

  Katharine Hepburn

  Smart, People, Interesting

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  Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything.

  Katharine Hepburn

  Love, Inspirational, Romantic

  Katharine Hepburn (1992). “Me: Stories of My Life”, Random House Large Print Publishing

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• If you need a helping hand, you can find one at the end of your arm.

  Katharine Hepburn

  Inspiring, Hands, Needs

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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.

  Katharine Hepburn

  Moving, Mean, Beautiful Life

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• If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.

  Katharine Hepburn

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Education

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• You are the only person you can actually change

  Katharine Hepburn

  Persons

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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.

  Katharine Hepburn

  Love, Break Up, Marriage

  Quoted in PeopleWeekly, 11 Oct. 1976

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  I have no romantic feelings about age. Either you are interesting at any age or you are not. There is nothing particularly interesting about being old - or being young, for that matter.

  Katharine Hepburn

  Interesting, Feelings, Age

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• It's not what you start in life, it's what you finish.

  Katharine Hepburn

  Inspirational, Persistence

  35 Copy quote

• Life is hard. After all, it kills you.

  Katharine Hepburn

  Love, Funny, Life

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• You learn in life that the only person you can really correct and change is yourself.

  Katharine Hepburn

  Motivational, Entrepreneur, Persons

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• You can’t change the music of your soul.

  Katharine Hepburn

  Soul, Can't Change, Your Soul

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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.

  Katharine Hepburn

  Friendship, Hands, People

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• Life can be wildly tragic at times, and I've had my share. But whatever happens to you, you have to keep a slightly comic attitude. In the final analysis, you have got not to forget to laugh.

  Katharine Hepburn

  Laughter, Attitude, Laughing

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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  Don't give in! Make your own trail. Don't moan. Don't complain. Think positively.

  Katharine Hepburn

  Attitude, Thinking, Giving

  Katharine Hepburn (1992). “Me: Stories of My Life”, Random House Large Print Publishing

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• Never complain. Never explain.

  Katharine Hepburn

  Positivity, Complaining, Complaints

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• What you see before you, my friend, is the result of a lifetime of chocolate.

  Katharine Hepburn

  Yummy, Chocolate, Lifetime

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• I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.

  Katharine Hepburn

  Life, Girly, Fun

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• You politicians remain professional because the voters remain amateur.

  Katharine Hepburn

  Voters, Politician

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• If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.

  Katharine Hepburn

  Change, Attitude, Want

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• I believe how I act today will affect how I am tomorrow.

  Katharine Hepburn

  Motivational, Believe, Today

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• When I’ve been unsuccessful, I’ve been controlled. When I’ve been successful, I’ve been in control.

  Katharine Hepburn

  Successful, Unsuccessful, Controlled

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