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No one can argue any longer about the rights of women. It's like arguing about earthquakes.
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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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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Lonely. I always thought loneliness meant alone, without people. It means something else.
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the convictions of Hollywood and television are made of boiled money.
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