Harper Lee Quotes
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Justice is never given; it is exacted.
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I've been told I have an aggressive driving style.
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Mostly people are ignorant, what is the language of painting. You know, they're ignorant. It is so difficult to make them aware, but time will teach them.
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Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again.
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Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see you are afraid of them... they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will slink out of sight.
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Mucinex were like, 'Would you like to be the Mucinex man? You sound like you're sick right now'. In each spot, they give me a little bit of room to do something strange. And in a world of fractured mediums, where there is no zeitgeist, and you get your comedy from your phone, it's all content.
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Homosexuality in Russia is a crime and the punishment is seven years in prison, locked up with the other men. There is a three year waiting list.
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And from a military school which taught me that to fit into society, you can't just do anything you damn well please because it will suit you. And that it's much better to be with the winners than it is with the losers.
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Pain is such an important thing in life. I think that as an artist you have to experience suffering.
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I hope that the families will understand that the contribution of women is important and can be more powerful for building a greater country.
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My father will never say no to a character, as I never go to him and talk about a character for which he won't give the nod.
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What I would like to do is make sure every primary school child has a library card, so where parents don't get their children library cards, we'll see if we can get schools to step in and make sure that every child has one.
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In a strange way, I'm way more comfortable onstage than anywhere else.
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I'm not an actress; I'm not a professional testifier.
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I've always maintained - a captain is only as good as his team. It is not about my leadership, it is not about me.
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From a spinner's perspective, in India it was never easy for me to judge where to stand: how far forward, how far back, because on Indian wickets the ball does not carry as much as abroad. That is true of slip fielding in general. I wouldn't say only for spinner – even for a fast bowler, that holds true.
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Lovers should also have their days off.
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Some of those men in power, we just have to change their faces because we're not going to change their minds.
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A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.
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When we give children advice or instant solutions, we deprive them of the experience that comes from wrestling with their own problems.
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We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
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This country doesn't have a revenue problem - it has a spending problem.
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It takes a courageous Mormon to turn to archaeology to support their argument
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Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.
