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Katharine Hepburn Quote: “My father had been disgusted and heartsick over the fact that I wanted to act. Thought it a silly profession closely allied to street-walking.”

151. “My father had been disgusted and heartsick over the fact that I wanted to act. Thought it a silly profession closely allied to street-walking.”

— Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn Quote: “When I started out, I didn’t have any desire to be an actress or to learn how to act. I just wanted to be famous.”

152. “When I started out, I didn’t have any desire to be an actress or to learn how to act. I just wanted to be famous.”

— Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn Quote: “Most people our brought up to believe they are as good as the person next to them, I was told I was better.”

153. “Most people our brought up to believe they are as good as the person next to them, I was told I was better.”

— Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn Quote: “I’ve made forty-three pictures. Naturally I’m adorable in all of them.”

154. “I’ve made forty-three pictures. Naturally I’m adorable in all of them.”

— Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn Quote: “I think the reason that very few people really fall in love with anyone is that they’re not willing to pay the price.”

155. “I think the reason that very few people really fall in love with anyone is that they’re not willing to pay the price.”

— Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn Quote: “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.”

156. “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.”

— Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn Quote: “I always wanted to be a movie actress. I thought it was very romantic. And it was.”

157. “I always wanted to be a movie actress. I thought it was very romantic. And it was.”

— Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn Quote: “The terrible thing about acting in the theater is that you have to do it at night.”

158. “The terrible thing about acting in the theater is that you have to do it at night.”

— Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn Quote: “I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because they’re good or there because they’re lucky.”

159. “I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because they’re good or there because they’re lucky.”

— Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn Quote: “He summed me up very accurately for what I was: a lady, so called-a sort of a snob-and totally insecure.”

160. “He summed me up very accurately for what I was: a lady, so called-a sort of a snob-and totally insecure.”

— Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn Quote: “Also, I was not in the business of capturing anyone into a marriage. I just did not want to marry anyone. I liked the idea of being my own self. Even when I was living with Spencer Tracy and he and I were together for twenty-seven years, we never really thought about or discussed marriage. He was married and I wasn’t interested.”

161. “Also, I was not in the business of capturing anyone into a marriage. I just did not want to marry anyone. I liked the idea of being my own self. Even when I was living with Spencer Tracy and he and I were together for twenty-seven years, we never really thought about or discussed marriage. He was married and I wasn’t interested.”

— Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn Quote: “Connecticut. Aren’t we lucky? We have wonderful wildflowers – parks – hills – lovely old houses. We have a pace that we like – sometimes slow – sometimes fast. Rivers – reservoirs – Long Island Sound. A wonderful climate – trees – gardens – snow – rain. And it’s a good size – not huge – not small.”

162. “Connecticut. Aren’t we lucky? We have wonderful wildflowers – parks – hills – lovely old houses. We have a pace that we like – sometimes slow – sometimes fast. Rivers – reservoirs – Long Island Sound. A wonderful climate – trees – gardens – snow – rain. And it’s a good size – not huge – not small.”

— Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn Quote: “I’d always wanted to be a boy. Jimmy was my name, if you want to know.”

163. “I’d always wanted to be a boy. Jimmy was my name, if you want to know.”

— Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn Quote: “Personal charm is a great help. You can sit there and be an awful ass, but if you have personal charm, you can really put it over on the general public.”

164. “Personal charm is a great help. You can sit there and be an awful ass, but if you have personal charm, you can really put it over on the general public.”

— Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn Quote: “Dad always said if you want to get something, don’t write. Don’t telephone. Be there yourself. In person. Harder to turn down a living presence.”

165. “Dad always said if you want to get something, don’t write. Don’t telephone. Be there yourself. In person. Harder to turn down a living presence.”

— Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn Quote: “It seems to me I discovered what “I love you” really means. It means I put you and your interests and your comfort ahead of my own interests and my own comfort because I love you. What does this mean? I love you. What does this mean? Think. We use this expression very carelessly. LOVE has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get – only with what you are expecting to give – which is everything.”

166. “It seems to me I discovered what “I love you” really means. It means I put you and your interests and your comfort ahead of my own interests and my own comfort because I love you. What does this mean? I love you. What does this mean? Think. We use this expression very carelessly. 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

Katharine Hepburn Quote: “He was Irish to the fingertips. He could laugh and he could create laughter. He had a funny way of looking at things – at some things, I should say.”

167. “He was Irish to the fingertips. He could laugh and he could create laughter. He had a funny way of looking at things – at some things, I should say.”

— Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn Quote: “To learn responsibility – each of us has to learn responsibility.”

168. “To learn responsibility – each of us has to learn responsibility.”

— Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn Quote: “Because you suddenly realize what a tremendous opportunity it is just to be alive.”

169. “Because you suddenly realize what a tremendous opportunity it is just to be alive.”

— Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn Quote: “So just keep a-goin’-you can win. It’s when you stop that you’re done.”

170. “So just keep a-goin’-you can win. It’s when you stop that you’re done.”

— Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn Quote: “If you are a member of a big family, you always have someone at hand for golf, tennis, walks, movies. You never have to “find company,” so to speak.”

171. “If you are a member of a big family, you always have someone at hand for golf, tennis, walks, movies. You never have to “find company,” so to speak.”

— Katharine Hepburn

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