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Belief is a moral act for which the believer is to be held responsible.

Lillian Hellman

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Lillian Hellman
Age: 79 †
Born: 1905
Born: June 20
Died: 1984
Died: September 30
Actor
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Librettist
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Screenwriter
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Lillian Florence Hellman
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the convictions of Hollywood and television are made of boiled money.
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Advances are made by those with at least a touch of irrational confidence in what they can do.
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some people are democrats by choice, and some by necessity.
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What a word is truth. Slippery, tricky, unreliable. I tried in these books to tell the truth.
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You lose your manners when you're poor.
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failure in the theater is more public, more brilliant, more unreal than in any other field.
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