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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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Lillian Hellman
Age: 79 †
Born: 1905
Born: June 20
Died: 1984
Died: September 30
Actor
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Librettist
Playwright
Screenwriter
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Lillian Florence Hellman
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