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Everybody’s gotta learn, nobody’s born knowing.

Harper Lee

Some negroes lie, some are immoral, some negro men are not be trusted around women – black and white. But this is a truth that applies to the human race and to no particular race of men.
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Black Human Immoral Lying Man Race Trust White Woman
It’s better to be silent than to be a fool.
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Better Fools Silence
Things are always better in the morning.
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Better Morning One Liner
But sometimes we have to make the best of things, and the way we conduct ourselves when the chips are down.
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Best Conduct Ourselves Time
As you grow up, always tell the truth, do no harm to others, and don’t think you are the most important being on earth. Rich or poor, you then can look anyone in the eye and say, ‘I’m probably no better than you, but I’m certainly your equal.
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Better Earth Equality Growth Harm Important Myself Poor Rich Thinking Truth Yourself
I do my best to love everybody.
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Best Compassionate Kindness Love Myself One Liner
She seemed glad to see me when I appeared in the kitchen, and by watching her I began to think there was some skill involved in being a girl.
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Appearance Beginning Girl Happiness Skills
As a reader I loathe introductions…Introductions inhibit pleasure, they kill the joy of anticipation, they frustrate curiosity.
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Curiosity Frustration Happiness Introduction Joy Kill Reading
We’re paying the highest tribute you can pay a man. We trust him to do right. It’s that simple.
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Man Myself Pay Right Simplicity Trust
But before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself.
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Deep Live Myself People Spiritual
Things are never as bad as they seem.
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Appearance Bad One Liner
Bad language is a stage all children go through, and it dies with time when they learn they’re not attracting attention with it.
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Attention Attraction Bad Children Language Time
You can’t really get to know a person until you get in their shoes and walk around in them.
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Place Understand Walk Yourself
Ladies pick funny things to be proud of.
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Funny Pride Proud Woman
Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself.
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Himself Worth Writing
You can choose your friends but you sho’ can’t choose your family, an’ they’re still kin to you no matter whether you acknowledge ’em or not, and it makes you look right silly when you don’t.
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Acknowledgement Choice Family Friendship Right Yourself

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