Like the actor, authority has faith in its false whiskers. But its deepest faith is in the human … - Ben Hecht

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Suppose you didn't know him, would that make any difference?' 'No,' said Willie, after thinking a little. 'Other people would know him if I didn't. ' 'Yes, and if nobody knew him, God would know him, and anybody God has thought worth making, it's an honor to do anything for.

Ben Hecht

Like the actor, authority has faith in its false whiskers. But its deepest faith is in the human illusion. People will hang on to illusion as eagerly as life itself.

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Despite all our toil and progress, the art of medicine still falls somewhere between trout casting and spook writing.

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Much more frequent in Hollywood than the emergence of Cinderella is her sudden vanishing. At our party, even in those glowing days, the clock was always striking twelve for someone at the height of greatness; and there was never a prince to fetch her back to the happy scene.

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The honors Hollywood has for the writer are as dubious as tissue-paper cuff links.

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For many years Hollywood held this double lure for me, tremendous sums of money for work that required no more effort than a game of pinochle.

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Chicago is a sort of journalistic Yellowstone Park, offering haven to a last herd of fantastic bravos.

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