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Hollywood held this double lure for me, tremendous sums of money f

Hollywood held this double lure for me, tremendous sums of money for work that required no more effort than a game of pinochle. – Ben Hecht

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Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock. – Ben Hecht

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Im a Hollywood writer, so I put on my sports jacket and take off my brain. – Ben Hecht

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Fame is no sanctuary from the passing of youth… suicide is much easier and more acceptable in Hollywood than growing old gracefully. – Julie Burchill

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To survive there, you need the ambition of a Latin-American revolutionary, the ego of a grand opera tenor, and the physical stamina of a cow pony. – Billie Burke

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If my books had been any worse, I should not have been invited to Hollywood, and if they had been any better, I should not have come. – Raymond Chandler

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Some are able and humane men and some are low-grade individuals with the morals of a goat, the artistic integrity of a slot machine, and the manners of a floorwalker with delusions of grandeur. – Raymond Chandler

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Order marches with weighty and measured strides; disorder is always in a hurry. – Napoleon I, Maxims, 1815

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No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies. – Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

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To lead the people, walk behind them. – Lao-Tzu

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I think it has something to do with being British. We dont take ourselves as seriously as some other countries do. I think a lot of people take themselves far too seriously I find that a very tedious attitude. – Joan Collins

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