"People generally see what they look for, and……" — Harper Lee
"People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for."
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189 Quotes by Harper Lee
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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…
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I'm no idealist to believe firmly in the integrity of our courts and in the jury system - that is…
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Wordsworth was right when he said that we trail clouds of glory as we come into the world, that we…
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Writing is a process of self-discipline you must learn before you can call yourself a writer. There are people who…
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Now, 75 years later in an abundant society where people have laptops, cell phones, iPods, and minds like empty rooms,…
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Rest assured, as long as I am alive any book purporting to be with my cooperation is a falsehood,
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Somewhere, I had received the impression that Fine Folks were people who did the best they could with the sense…
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Why reasonable people go stark raving mad when anything involving a Negro comes up, is something I don't pretend to…
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I didn't expect the book to sell in the first place. I was hoping for a quick and merciful death…
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As I made my way home, I thought Jem and I would get grown but there wasn't much else for…
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Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself.
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I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with…
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You hear doom and gloom about the Internet ruining young people's command of English - that's nonsense.
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What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the…
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We cannot pass our guardian angel's bounds, resigned or sullen, he will hear our sighs.
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Listen once in a while. It's amazing what you can hear.
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