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I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.

Harper Lee

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Harper Lee
Age: 89 †
Born: 1926
Born: April 28
Died: 2016
Died: February 19
Musician
Novelist
Poet Lawyer
Prosaist
Screenwriter
Writer
Monroeville
Alabama
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That proves something- that a gang of wild animals can be stopped, simply because they're still human.
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