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"Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whisky bottle in the hand of (another)... There are just some kind of men who - who're so busy worrying about the next world they've never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results."
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"You are looking at the world from your window, that's good, but there is something missing here, something very big: You must also look at your window from the world to see yourself!"

"The past is far behind. If you still want to look at it, you will painfully stretch your neck muscles. Don't live in the past, leave the past, but learn from it."

"This earth in which we are living is not our everlasting home."

"Life is never a competition."

"Don't predict the condition of the entire day by the state of the morning. You don't judge a book by its cover. A cloudy morning is no guarantee for a rainy day!"

"Prayer has to be fervent, intensive, passionate and from the heart."

"If we start to complain, destruction is right at our door."

"Every eye makes its own perception."

"It is better to dwell on the beautiful things in life than the negative."

"There is a different world on the other side of your present attitude."
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"I would advise anyone who aspires to a writing career that before developing his talent he would be wise to develop a thick."

"Then Mr. Underwood's meaning became clear: Atticus had used every tool available to free men to save Tom Robinson, but in the secret courts of men's hearts Atticus had no case."

"I willed myself to stay awake, but the rain was so soft and the room was so warm and his voice was so deep and his knee was so snug that I slept."

"It had never fully occurred to Jean Louise that she was a girl: her life had been one of reckless, pummeling activity; fighting, football, climbing, keeping up with Jem, and besting anyone her own age in any contest requiring physical prowess."

"I wanted you see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand."

"They are simple people, most of them, but that doesn't make them subhuman.You are telling them Jesus loves them, but not much."

"Some negroes lie, some are immoral, some negro men are not be trusted around women - black and white. But this is a truth that applies to the human race and to no particular race of men."
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