It’s better to be silent than to be a fool.
HARPER LEEAre you proud of yourself tonight that you have insulted a total stranger whose circumstances you know nothing about?
More Harper Lee Quotes
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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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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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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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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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People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.
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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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Everybody’s gotta learn, nobody’s born knowing.
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You rarely win, but sometimes you do.
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I do my best to love everybody.
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I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks.
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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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Ladies in bunches always filled me with vague apprehension and a firm desire to be elsewhere.
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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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With him, life was routine; without him, life was unbearable.
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Sometimes the Bible in the hands of one man is worse than a whiskey bottle in the hands of another.
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