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.
HARPER LEEWhen 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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With him, life was routine; without him, life was unbearable.
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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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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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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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A man can condemn his enemies, but it’s wiser to know them.
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Ladies in bunches always filled me with vague apprehension and a firm desire to be elsewhere.
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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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You rarely win, but sometimes you do.
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There are some men in this world who are born to do our unpleasant jobs for us. Your father’s one of them.
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The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that.
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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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You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.
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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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Things are always better in the morning.
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I do my best to love everybody.
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