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For every man who lives without freedom, the rest of us must face the guilt.

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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Autobiographer
Librettist
Playwright
Screenwriter
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Lillian Florence Hellman
Men
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Life
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Faces
Freedom
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Without
Diversity
Must
Guilt
Every
Rest

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