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 LEEShe 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.
More Harper Lee Quotes
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Ladies pick funny things to be proud of.
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There’s no substitute for the love of language, for the beauty of an English sentence. There’s no substitute for struggling, if a struggle is needed, to make an English sentence as beautiful as it should be.
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I do my best to love everybody.
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With him, life was routine; without him, life was unbearable.
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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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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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People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.
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Everybody’s gotta learn, nobody’s born knowing.
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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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Things are never as bad as they seem.
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I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand.
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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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Are you proud of yourself tonight that you have insulted a total stranger whose circumstances you know nothing about?
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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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People in their right minds never take pride in their talents.
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