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some people are democrats by choice, and some by necessity.
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
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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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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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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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History is made by masses of people. One man, or ten men, don't start the earthquakes and don't stop them either. Only hero worshipers and ignorant historians think they do.
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