When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness sake. But don't make a production of it. … - Harper Lee

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Jesse Jackson, when I met him, he had an innocence about him which is still very much a part of him today.

Harper Lee

When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness sake. But don't make a production of it. Children are children, but they can spot an evasion faster than adults, and evasion simply muddles 'em.

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You just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anybody says to you, don't you let 'em get your goat. Try fighting with your head for a change. . .

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Everybody’s gotta learn, nobody’s born knowing.

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There's a lot of ugly things in this world, son. I wish I could keep 'em all away from you. That's never possible.

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