Audrey Hepburn

Actress, Humanitarian

Audrey Hepburn was a celebrated actress and humanitarian known for her iconic roles and commitment to children's rights.

Born
May 4, 1929
Died
January 20, 1993
Quotes
178
Rank
#280

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"Since the world has existed, there has been injustice. But it is one world, the more so as it becomes smaller, more accessible. There is just no question that there is more obligation that those who have should give to those who have nothing."

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"A quality education has the power to transform societies in a single generation, provide children with the protection they need from the hazards of poverty, labor exploitation and disease, and given them the knowledge, skills, and confidence to reach their full potential."

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"You have to look at yourself objectively. Analyze yourself like an instrument. You have to be absolutely frank with yourself. Face your handicaps, don't try to hide them. Instead, develop something else."

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"Fewer things are lovelier to me than a full-blown rose when it opens up its heart."

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"I've been lucky. Opportunities don't often come along. So, when they do, you have to grab them."

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"I don't need a bedroom to prove my womanliness. I can convey just as much sex appeal picking apples off a tree or standing in the rain."

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"As the years go on, you see changes in yourself, but you've got to face that - everyone goes through it... Either you have to face up to it and tell yourself you're not going to be eighteen all your life, or be prepared for a terrible shock when you see the wrinkles and white hair. Getting older doesn't frighten me, but I wish I didn't have to because I like life a lot."

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"I have to be alone very often. I'd be quite happy if I spent from Saturday night until Monday morning alone in my apartment. That's how I refuel."

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"If my world were to cave in tomorrow, I would look back on all the pleasures, excitements and worthwhilenesses I have been lucky enough to have had. Not the sadness, not my miscarriages or my father leaving home, but the joy of everything else. It will have been enough."

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"I never think of myself as an icon. What is in other people's minds is not in my mind. I just do my thing."

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"You go back. You search for what made you happy when you were smaller. We are all grown up children, really... So one should go back and search for what was loved and found to be real."

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"We all want to be loved, don't we? Everyone looks for a way of finding love. It's a constant search for affection in every walk of life."

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"To be beautiful lips - say kind words. To my eyes were beautiful - radiate good. A woman's beauty is not in the clothes, not in its shape or hairstyle. Beauty woman in her eyes, because the eyes - is the gateway to the heart, where love lives."

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"Why change? Everyone has his own style. When you have found it, you should stick to it."

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"Is there anything more important than a child?"

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"To pull off any look, wear it with confidence."

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"I don’t take my life seriously, but I do take what I do – in my life – seriously -"

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