“There are some men in this world who are born to do our unpleasant...” – Maudie Atkinson, To Kill a Mockingbird ... Movie Quotes Database

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A scene from To Kill a Mockingbird 1962

Maudie Atkinson Rosemary Murphy

There are some men in this world who are born to do our unpleasant jobs for us. Your father's one of them.

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