Sometimes it’s better to bend the law a little in special cases.
HARPER LEEIt’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.
More Harper Lee Quotes
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Ladies pick funny things to be proud of.
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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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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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I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks.
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There’s a lot of ugly things in this world, son. I wish I could keep ’em all away from you. That’s never possible.
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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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You rarely win, but sometimes you do.
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Some negroes lie, some are immoral, some negro men are not be trusted around women – black and white. But this is a truth that applies to the human race and to no particular race of men.
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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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Are you proud of yourself tonight that you have insulted a total stranger whose circumstances you know nothing about?
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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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But before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself.
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Everybody’s gotta learn, nobody’s born knowing.
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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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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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