Ladies in bunches always filled me with vague apprehension and a firm desire to be elsewhere.
HARPER LEEAs 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.
More Harper Lee Quotes
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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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Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself.
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It’s better to be silent than to be a fool.
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Ladies pick funny things to be proud of.
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A man can condemn his enemies, but it’s wiser to know them.
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Things are never as bad as they seem.
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People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.
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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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The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.
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People in their right minds never take pride in their talents.
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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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Writing is a process of self-discipline you must learn before you can call yourself a writer. There are people who write, but I think they’re quite different from people who must write.
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You can’t really get to know a person until you get in their shoes and walk around in them.
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As a reader I loathe introductions…Introductions inhibit pleasure, they kill the joy of anticipation, they frustrate curiosity.
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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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