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 LEE
You 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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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.
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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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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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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’s never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn’t hurt you.
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Everybody’s gotta learn, nobody’s born knowing.
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A man can condemn his enemies, but it’s wiser to know them.
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I would advise anyone who aspires to a writing career that before developing his talent he would be wise to develop a thick hide.
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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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You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.
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When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness sake. But don’t make a production of it. Children are children, but they can spot an evasion faster than adults, and evasion simply muddles ’em.
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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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You can’t really get to know a person until you get in their shoes and walk around in them.
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Characters make their own plot. The dimensions of the characters determine the action of the novel.
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Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.
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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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