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Rebels seldom make good revolutionaries, because organized action, even union with other people, is not possible for them.
Lillian Hellman
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Lillian Hellman
Age: 79 †
Born: 1905
Born: June 20
Died: 1984
Died: September 30
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Lillian Florence Hellman
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