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.
HARPER LEEReal courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.
More Harper Lee Quotes
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Are you proud of yourself tonight that you have insulted a total stranger whose circumstances you know nothing about?
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You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.
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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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Ladies in bunches always filled me with vague apprehension and a firm desire to be elsewhere.
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I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks.
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Ladies pick funny things to be proud of.
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People in their right minds never take pride in their talents.
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But before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself.
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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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Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.
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Writing is something you’ll never learn in any university or at any school. It’s something that is within you, and if it isn’t there, nothing can put it there.
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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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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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It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.
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