But sometimes we have to make the best of things, and the way we conduct ourselves when the chips are down.
HARPER LEEYou never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.
More Harper Lee Quotes
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Things are always better in the morning.
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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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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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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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Things are never as bad as they seem.
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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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You can’t really get to know a person until you get in their shoes and walk around in them.
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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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Sometimes it’s better to bend the law a little in special cases.
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Characters make their own plot. The dimensions of the characters determine the action of the novel.
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The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.
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With him, life was routine; without him, life was unbearable.
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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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The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that.
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