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A man can condemn his enemies, but it’s wiser to know them.

Harper Lee

Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.
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Bird Destroy Enjoyment Garden Heart Music Sin Sing
You rarely win, but sometimes you do.
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Hope Inspirational Motivational One Liner Rare Win Yourself
My objectives are very limited. I want to do the best I can with the talent God gave me. I hope to goodness that every novel I do gets better and better, not worse and worse.
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Best God Goodness Hope Limitation Myself Objective Talent Worst
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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Better Earth Equality Growth Harm Important Myself Poor Rich Thinking Truth Yourself
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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Family Myself Possible Protection Son Ugly World
Everybody’s gotta learn, nobody’s born knowing.
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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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Coffee Creative People Sports Thinking Work Yourself
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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I’m still old-fashioned. I love dusty old books and libraries.
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Book Fashion Library Love Myself Old
You can’t really get to know a person until you get in their shoes and walk around in them.
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A man can condemn his enemies, but it’s wiser to know them.
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Enemy Man Wisdom
People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.
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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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It’s better to be silent than to be a fool.
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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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Courage Hands Ideas Reality Weapon
But before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself.
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