I do my best to love everybody.
HARPER LEEAs 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 rarely win, but sometimes you do.
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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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People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.
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Things are never as bad as they seem.
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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 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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The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.
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She knew full well the enormity of her offense, but because her desires were stronger than the code she was breaking, she persisted in breaking it.
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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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But before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself.
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Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself.
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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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People in their right minds never take pride in their talents.
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It’s better to be silent than to be a fool.
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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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