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the convictions of Hollywood and television are made of boiled money.

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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Librettist
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Lillian Florence Hellman
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We will not think noble because we are not noble. We will not live in beautiful harmony because there is no such thing in this world, nor should there be. We promise only to do our best and to live out our lives. Dear God, that's all we can promise in truth.
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People always sound so proud when they announce they know nothing of music.
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failure in the theater is more public, more brilliant, more unreal than in any other field.
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It {France} may be the only country in the world where the rich are sometimes brilliant.
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If you are willing to take the punishment, you're halfway through the battle. That the issues may be trivial, the battle ugly, is another point.
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But success and failure are not true opposites, and they're not even in the same class. I mean, they're not even a couch and a chair.
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Courtesy is breeding. Breeding is an excellent thing. Always remember that.
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A man should be jailed for telling lies to the young.
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Drinking makes uninteresting people matter less and late at night, matter not at all.
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