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Bad language is a stage all children go through, and it dies with time when they learn they're not attracting attention with it.

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
Nelle Harper Lee
Children
Time
Attracting
Mockingbird
Stage
Dies
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Language

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