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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.
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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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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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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My mother was dead for five years before I knew that I had loved her very much.
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A man should be jailed for telling lies to the young.
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I'm too old to recover, too narrow to forgive myself.
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For every man who lives without freedom, the rest of us must face the guilt.
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Failure in the theater is more dramatic and uglier than any other form of writing. It costs so much, you feel so guilty.
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