The one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a courtroom, be he any color of the rainbow, but people have a way of carrying their resentments right into a jury box.
HARPER LEE
I would advise anyone who aspires to a writing career that before developing his talent he would be wise to develop a thick hide.
More Harper Lee Quotes
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The one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a courtroom, be he any color of the rainbow, but people have a way of carrying their resentments right into a jury box.
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You rarely win, but sometimes you do.
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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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I’m no idealist to believe firmly in the integrity of our courts and in the jury system – that is no ideal to me, it is a living, working reality.
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Prejudice, a dirty word, and faith, a clean one, have something in common: they both begin where reason ends.
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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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It’s better to be silent than to be a fool.
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Sometimes the Bible in the hands of one man is worse than a whiskey bottle in the hands of another.
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The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.
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I do much of my creative thinking while golfing. If people know you’re working at home they think nothing of walking in for a cup of coffee, but wouldn’t dream of interrupting on the golf course.
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People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.
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I do my best to love everybody.
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Serving on a jury forces a man to make up his mind and declare himself about something. Men don’t like to do that. Sometimes it’s unpleasant.
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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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She knew full well the enormity of her offense, but because her desires were stronger than the code she was breaking, she persisted in breaking it.
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Everybody’s gotta learn, nobody’s born knowing.
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