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Courtesy is breeding. Breeding is an excellent thing. Always remember that.

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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Screenwriter
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Lillian Florence Hellman
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Remember
Thing
Always
Breeding
Courtesy

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some people are democrats by choice, and some by necessity.
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