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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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Lillian Florence Hellman
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Unjust. How many times I've used that word, scolded myself with it. All I mean by it now is that I don't have the final courage to say that I refuse to preside over violations against myself, and to hell with justice.
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Guilt is often an excuse for not thinking.
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Styles in wit change so.
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Nobody knows what you want except you, and no one will be as sorry as you if you don't get it.
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some people are democrats by choice, and some by necessity.
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Nothing you write, if you hope to be good, will ever come out as you first hoped.
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It is a mark of many famous people that they cannot part with their brightest hour.
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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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Callous greed grows pious very fast.
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But maybe half a lie is worse than a real lie.
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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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the convictions of Hollywood and television are made of boiled money.
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A man should be jailed for telling lies to the young.
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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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Belief is a moral act for which the believer is to be held responsible.
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It doesn't pay well to fight for what we believe in.
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It {France} may be the only country in the world where the rich are sometimes brilliant.
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Courtesy is breeding. Breeding is an excellent thing. Always remember that.
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Haven't you lived in the South long enough to know that nothing is ever anybody's fault?
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