Harper Lee Quotes
Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.

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It's really hard for me to commit, one way or the other. I was just always creating and seeing what came out.
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With every bathroom renovation, there are three areas that I focus on: budget, function and style.
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No 17-year-old is just one thing, especially in this day and age. Kids are into all sorts of things.
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I think the really cool and compelling thing about math and physics is that it opens up entry to all these hypotheticals - or at least, it gives you the language to talk about them. But at the same time, if a scenario is completely disconnected from reality, it's not all that interesting.
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Are there differences between black actors' opportunities and white actors' opportunities? Yes, there are. It's been said.
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Oregonians continually demonstrate a strong belief in fairness and equal treatment under the law.
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One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.
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Anything - a destination, a person - that has some mystery around it becomes exciting and attractive.
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It is only human supremacy, which is as unacceptable as racism and sexism, that makes us afraid of being more inclusive.
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Coney Island was the centre of the world for me. I loved the rides, the hot dogs - I've never gotten over it.
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I love design-based stuff. I dug it in 'Pleasantville' and dug it in 'Seabiscuit.'
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I was only 11 when we filmed the pilot. The idea of a rapper being a star on a sitcom just wasn't heard of.
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I think that when we look at something that's well acted and a story that's well told, it allows us to be a mirror of who we are as human beings and as a culture, and offers a glimpse of where we're headed.
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I can't go into a mob scene and sense the mood and the attitude of the crowd. I can't conduct man-on-the-street interviews or even get reactions that I can be sure are honest, because they know who I am.
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I consider myself more of a cultural Jew; I'm not religious in any way.
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An uplifting sense of purpose is more than an impetus for individual accomplishment, it is also a necessary insurance policy against expediency and impropriety.
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Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.
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We didn't realize there were that many boy bands until we started touring in Europe. I don't think we were ever affected by it since a lot of the groups in Europe didn't really sing live, but we did and would perform a cappella as well.
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In my mind, there is nothing so illiberal and so ill-bred, as audible laughter.
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No, I am not a homosexual. If I were a homosexual, I would hope I would have the courage to say so. What's cruel is that you are forcing me to say I am not a homosexual. This means you are putting homosexuals down. I don't want to do that.
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A lot of times people hide their quirks when they're first getting to know a person.
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There's no way you can imagine going from kids in high school to being the best band in the world.
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I lost the love of all the homosexuals in the world by saying that Princess Diana was trash and got what she deserved. She could have been Queen of England - and she was swanning about Paris with Arabs. What disgraceful behavior. Going about saying she wanted to be the queen of hearts. The vulgarity of it is so overpowering.
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Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.