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I believe very deeply in the human spirit and I have a sense of awe about it because I don't know how people carry on. What makes the difference in people? What is it? I've known people that the world has thrown everything at to discourage them, to kill them, to break their spirit. And yet something about them retains a dignity. They face life and don't ask quarters.

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I'm a social writer in the sense that I want to record, but not in the sense of trying to change people's minds.

Horton Foote

Horton Foote

Horton Foote

Born: March 14, 1916

Died: March 4, 2009 (aged 92)

Bio: Albert Horton Foote Jr. was an American playwright and screenwriter, perhaps best known for his screenplays for the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird, which was adapted from the 1960 novel of the same name by Harper Lee.

Known for:

The Trip to Bountiful (1954)
The Orphans' Home Cycle
Dividing the Estate (2007)
The Young Man from Atlanta (1995)
The roads to home (1955)

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