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ASIN: 0060581727 Release Date: 2003-09-30 |
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A career spanning more than sixty years. A life spanning almost a century. Katharine Hepburn reached the height of success as an actress and also suffered through periods that would have ended other actresses' careers. But she persevered with a mix of humor and sarcasm, tenderness and brutal honesty. The world has not been the same since. Collected here are the words that made Katharine Hepburn "Kate" to millions of fans. It does not matter whether the words were originally hers or if they were written for her. Every word spoken in that all-too-familiar staunch New England accent instantly became Kate's.
Her early years of ambition, her later years of reflection have all been captured in this collection. Her views on marriage, career, and life often came across as shocking. But the shock was not in the words she said, but when she said them. Decades ahead of her time, Kate paved the way for the independent woman free to live as she wishes. Above all else, Kate was and always will be the unwavering voice of reason.
Katharine Hepburn once said that there is a difference between being an actor and being a star; she wanted to be a star. The words collected here, said both onstage and offstage, are proof that there is also a difference between being a star and being a legend. Katharine Hepburn is a legend.
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Good, Interesting Quotes, A Few Pics--But That's It!.......2003-11-11
There is also very little info on the actress herself, just a very short (2-3 pages in an undersized hardcover) snippet of a biography. There is also no speculation on the quotes themselves. While that gives the readers free range for interpretation, again, knowing the dates would have been nice.
The reason I gave it four stars instead of three: one of the pictures in the beginning of the book. It may appear elsewhere, but I don't know. It has Hepburn sitting in a plane with a flight helmet on. If you don't have this picture, buy the book just for it alone--talk about those cheek bones!!! Hepubrn looks even more sculpted than usual!
Bottom Line: Worth the "Used and New" discounted price for the novelty of it, and that one picture. Otherwise, it's a complete coffee table book.
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Katharine Hepburn Once Said...: Great Lines to Live By
Susan Crimp Manufacturer: HarperEntertainment ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OESQTO |
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