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Writers are interesting people, but often mean and petty.
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
Louisiana
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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It {France} may be the only country in the world where the rich are sometimes brilliant.
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the convictions of Hollywood and television are made of boiled money.
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Writers talk too much.
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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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The past, with its pleasures, its rewards, its foolishness, its punishments, is there for each of us forever, and it should be.
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For every man who lives without freedom, the rest of us must face the guilt.
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as one grows older, one realizes how little one knows about any relationship, or even about oneself.
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Callous greed grows pious very fast.
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History is made by masses of people. One man, or ten men, don't start the earthquakes and don't stop them either. Only hero worshipers and ignorant historians think they do.
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The only good thing about [aging] is you're not dead.
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It doesn't pay well to fight for what we believe in.
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No one can argue any longer about the rights of women. It's like arguing about earthquakes.
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But success and failure are not true opposites, and they're not even in the same class. I mean, they're not even a couch and a chair.
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I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions.
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Courtesy is breeding. Breeding is an excellent thing. Always remember that.
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Belief is a moral act for which the believer is to be held responsible.
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If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or themselves.
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You can always spot clothes made in a good place.
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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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