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• Ben Hecht:

  I have written a raucous valentine to a poet's dream and agony.

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  A man nearly always loves for other reasons than he thinks. A lover is apt to be as full of secrets

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  Time is a circus, always packing up and moving away.

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  In moderating, not satisfying desires, lies peace.

• Ben Hecht:

  I'm a Hollywood writer, so I put on my sports jacket and take off my brain.

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  Prejudice is a raft onto which the shipwrecked mind clambers and paddles to safety.

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  Hollywood held this double lure for me, tremendous sums of money for work that required no more eff

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  There's only one law you gotta follow to keep outta trouble. Do it first, do it yourself, and keep