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Everybody's got a habit.
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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Mama seemed to do only what my father wanted, and yet we lived the way my mother wanted us to live.
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For every man who lives without freedom, the rest of us must face the guilt.
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You are what you are. It is my opinion that trouble in the world comes from people who do not know what they are, and pretend to be something they're not.
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Lonely people, in talking to each other can make each other lonelier.
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It {France} may be the only country in the world where the rich are sometimes brilliant.
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Writers talk too much.
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the convictions of Hollywood and television are made of boiled money.
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People change and forget to tell each other.
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People always sound so proud when they announce they know nothing of music.
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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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Writers are interesting people, but often mean and petty.
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But maybe half a lie is worse than a real lie.
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God forgives those who invent what they need.
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