Living is like tearing through a museum. Not until later do you really start absorbing what you saw, thinking about it, looking it up in a book, and remembering — because you can’t take it in all at once.
—Audrey Hepburn
Topics: Thinking
People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone.
—Audrey Hepburn
I heard a definition once: Happiness is health and a short memory! I wish I’d invented it, because it is very true.
—Audrey Hepburn
I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.
—Audrey Hepburn
Topics: Affection
Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you’ll find one at the end of your arm … As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands. One for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
—Audrey Hepburn
I probably hold the distinction of being one movie star who, by all laws of logic, should never have made it. At each stage of my career, I lacked the experience.
—Audrey Hepburn
Topics: Experience
I’ve been lucky. Opportunities don’t often come along. So, when they do, you have to grab them.
—Audrey Hepburn
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