Quote by Harper Lee
I never expected any sort of success with Mockingbird... I sort of

I never expected any sort of success with Mockingbird… I sort of hoped someone would like it enough to give me encouragement. – Harper Lee

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Folks dont like to have somebody around knowing more than they do. It aggravates em. Youre not gonna change any of them by talking right, theyve got to want to learn themselves, and when they dont want to learn theres nothing you can do but keep your mouth shut or talk their language. – Harper Lee

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

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Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing. – Harper Lee

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I worked half my life to be an overnight success, and still it took me by surprise. – Jessica Savitch

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If you have a success you have it for the wrong reasons. If you become popular it is always because of the worst aspects of your work. – Ernest Hemingway

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Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other. – Abraham Lincoln

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Four things for success: work and pray, think and believe. – Norman Vincent Peale

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