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Harper Lee
Age: 89 †
Born: 1926
Born: April 28
Died: 2016
Died: February 19
Musician
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Monroeville
Alabama
Nelle Harper Lee
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There's no substitute for the love of language, for the beauty of an English sentence. There's no substitute for struggling, if a struggle is needed, to make an English sentence as beautiful as it should be.
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Things are never as bad as they seem.
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He turned out the light and went into Jem's room. He would be there all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning.
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I didn't know how you were going to do it, but from now on I'll never worry about what'll become of you, son, you'll always have an idea.
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Ladies pick funny things to be proud of.
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This time we aren't fighting the Yankees, we're fighting our friends. But remember this, no matter how bitter things get, they're still our friends and this is still our home.
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...in other words, all I want to be is the Jane Austen of south Alabama Interview - March 1964
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I try to give'em a reason, you see. It helps folks if they can latch onto a reason.
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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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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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When stalking one’s prey, it is best to take one’s time. Say nothing, and as sure as eggs he will become curious and emerge.
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...but before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself.
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I'm little but I'm old.
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No, everybody's gotta learn, nobody's born knowin'. That Walter's as smart as he can be, he just gets held back sometimes because he has to stay out and help his daddy. Nothin's wrong with him. Naw, Jem, I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.
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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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Being Southerners, it was a source of shame to some members of the family that we had no recorded ancestors on either side of the Battle of Hastings.
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I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.
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It's not time to worry yet
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I don't want to hear any words like that while I'm here. Scout, you'll get in trouble if you go around saying things like that. You want to grow up to be a lady, don't you?' I said not particularly.
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There are just some kind of men…who’re so busy worrying about the next world they’ve never learned to live in this one.
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