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The only good thing about [aging] is you're not dead.
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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Drinking makes uninteresting people matter less and late at night, matter not at all.
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Advances are made by those with at least a touch of irrational confidence in what they can do.
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Writers are interesting people, but often mean and petty.
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God forgives those who invent what they need.
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If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or themselves.
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You lose your manners when you're poor.
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Callous greed grows pious very fast.
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It {France} may be the only country in the world where the rich are sometimes brilliant.
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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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Rebels seldom make good revolutionaries, because organized action, even union with other people, is not possible for them.
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Styles in wit change so.
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People always sound so proud when they announce they know nothing of music.
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It doesn't pay well to fight for what we believe in.
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Courtesy is breeding. Breeding is an excellent thing. Always remember that.
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For every man who lives without freedom, the rest of us must face the guilt.
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No one can argue any longer about the rights of women. It's like arguing about earthquakes.
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