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Advances are made by those with at least a touch of irrational confidence in what they can do.
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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the convictions of Hollywood and television are made of boiled money.
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Styles in wit change so.
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I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions.
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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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But maybe half a lie is worse than a real lie.
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For every man who lives without freedom, the rest of us must face the guilt.
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I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions, even though I long ago came to the conclusion that I was not a political person and could have no comfortable place in any political group.
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Writers are interesting people, but often mean and petty.
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Guilt is often an excuse for not thinking.
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My mother was dead for five years before I knew that I had loved her very much.
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Truth made you a traitor as it often does in a time of scoundrels.
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It doesn't pay well to fight for what we believe in.
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You lose your manners when you're poor.
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Rebels seldom make good revolutionaries, because organized action, even union with other people, is not possible for them.
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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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