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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.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: April 28, 1926 - February 19, 2016

Topics

Courage You Know Matter See Begin

Compassionate action emerges from the sense of openness, connectedness, and discernment you have created.

Action You Sense Openness Created

I suppose it's possible that a writer would have feeling for his characters, but I can't see how, because writing is such a meticulous, intricate, technical business. I wish I could say that I love my characters and that frequently they take over the book and run away with the plot and so on. But they don't exist.

Love Business Writing Book Wish Run

People, certainly in the U.K., look down on screenwriting as an art form, but I love the discipline of it. Next to the bagginess of novel writing, it almost feels like a martial art.

Love Art Discipline People Writing

Writing will remain a passion project.

Passion Writing Will Project Remain

Any dog, you put him in the corner, no matter if they're vicious or not, they're going to bite back.

Dog You Back Matter Him Going

My dad goes through war novels like I go through boxes of Cinnamon Toast Crunch.

War Go Through Boxes Like Toast

The way glass can be molded or blown or cut into any kind of shape made me think about how we as people - our characters or souls - can be shaped or changed by outside influences.

People Me Think Kind Glass Way

When President Obama passed health care reform, it was personal! And when Governor Romney says he would repeal Obamacare and put insurance companies back in charge of a woman's health, that's personal too.

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Health Woman Care Insurance Back

The best part of working with Facebook has been the cross-fertilization of ideas, people, and technology.

Technology Best People Ideas Working

Where most politicians would have abandoned a supporter like Jeremiah Wright and the community he served, Obama, while strongly criticizing him, did not throw his friend overboard.

Friend Community Him Politicians

I am surrounded by exceptional women on Accenture's board of directors as well as my own leadership team.

Pierre Nanterme

Leadership Women I Am Team My Own

I don't have a problem with athletes speaking up, but I want to make sure before they speak up, they read up.

Speak Problem Want Up Speaking Sure

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