I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks.
HARPER LEEYou can’t really get to know a person until you get in their shoes and walk around in them.
More Harper Lee Quotes
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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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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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Ladies pick funny things to be proud of.
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We’re paying the highest tribute you can pay a man. We trust him to do right. It’s that simple.
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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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Everybody’s gotta learn, nobody’s born knowing.
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Summer was our best season: it was sleeping on the back screeneed porch in cots, or trying to sleep in the treehouse; summer was everything good to eat; it was a thousand colors in a parched landscape.
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People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.
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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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Sometimes it’s better to bend the law a little in special cases.
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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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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.
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I do my best to love everybody.
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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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With him, life was routine; without him, life was unbearable.
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