Luck

Ms. Hepburn contributes luck to the vast majority of her life. She seems to choose to look for the luck, whether good or bad in most situations. Ms. Hepburn talks a lot throughout this biography about how lucky she is to have the parents and family she has. She sees the best traits of each of her parents in herself and feels lucky to be the product of the best of both of her parents. Ms. Hepburn credits these qualities to much of her success as well as the luck she finds in each individual situation propelled her career.

Even when faced with the loss of the love of her life, Spencer Tracy, Ms. Hepburn tries to find the silver lining. She comments to a friend that Tracy's manner of death through a coronary disease was a lucky way to die and the best way to go.

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