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James Hilton was born in Leigh, Lancashire, England on September 9, 1900.
* He studied English and History at Christ's College, Cambridge.
* His first novel, Catherine Herself, was published in 1920.
* His most famous novels include Lost Horizon (1933), Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1934), and Random Harvest (1941).
* He won the Hawthornden Prize in 1934 for Lost Horizon.
* He moved to Hollywood in the late 1930s and wrote or co-wrote screenplays for several films, including Mrs. Miniver (1942), which won an Academy Award.
* He died of a heart attack in Long Beach, California on December 20, 1954.
* He is considered one of the most popular British novelists of the 20th century.
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People make mistakes in life through believing too much, but they have a damned dull time if they believe too little.
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