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Bromidic though it may sound, some questions don't have answers, which is a terribly difficult lesson to learn.


Katharine Graham

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KATHARINE HEPBURN To be loved is very demoralizing
KATHARINE HEPBURN Tea at Five
KATHARINE HEPBURN Someone asked someone who was about my age: "How are you?" The answer was, "Fine. If you don't ask f...
KATHARINE HEPBURN It's a new low for actresses when you have to wonder what is between her ears instead of her legs.
KATHARINE HEPBURN It's life, isn't it? You plow ahead and make a hit. And you plow on and someone passes you. Then som...
KATHARINE HEPBURN I don't believe in marriage. It's bloody impractical to love, honor, and obey.
KATHARINE HEPBURN Life can be wildly tragic at times, and I've had my share. But whatever happens to you, you have to ...
KATHARINE HEPBURN I'm an atheist, and that's it. I believe there's nothing we can know except that we should be kind t...
KATHARINE HEPBURN If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun
KATHARINE HEPBURN Drive on. We'll sweep up the blood later!
KATHARINE HEPBURN There is no evidence of a conspiracy ... the state failed because there is no conspiracy.
KATHARINE LIELL We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - yo...
KATHARINE HEPBURN Acting is a nice childish profession - pretending you're someone else and, at the same time, selling...
KATHARINE HEPBURN Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about.
KATHARINE HEPBURN I personally am a 'discovery writer,' as we're termed, someone who plans the book by wri...
KATHARINE KERR