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 LEEYou rarely win, but sometimes you do.
More Harper Lee Quotes
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People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.
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It’s better to be silent than to be a fool.
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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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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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I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks.
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You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.
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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 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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Ladies in bunches always filled me with vague apprehension and a firm desire to be elsewhere.
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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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A man can condemn his enemies, but it’s wiser to know them.
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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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Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself.
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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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Ladies pick funny things to be proud of.
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