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Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newsp

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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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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