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Lillian Hellman Quotes: Nowadays people write English as if a rat were caught in the typewriter and they were trying to hit the keys which wouldn't disturb it.
         

Nowadays people write English as if a rat were caught in the typewriter and they were trying to hit the keys which wouldn't disturb it.


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This page presents the quote "Nowadays people write English as if a rat were caught in the typewriter and they were trying to hit the keys which wouldn't disturb it.". Author of this quote is Lillian Hellman. This quote is about writing, keys, trying, people, caught, typewriters,.