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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
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New Orleans
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Lillian Florence Hellman
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We will not think noble because we are not noble. We will not live in beautiful harmony because there is no such thing in this world, nor should there be. We promise only to do our best and to live out our lives. Dear God, that's all we can promise in truth.
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You do too much. Go and do nothing for a while. Nothing.
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A man should be jailed for telling lies to the young.
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If you are willing to take the punishment, you're halfway through the battle. That the issues may be trivial, the battle ugly, is another point.
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the convictions of Hollywood and television are made of boiled money.
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Nothing you write, if you hope to be good, will ever come out as you first hoped.
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