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In small-town life and in rural life, one knows one's neighbor's. Life is slower there. We simply entertain each other by talking. It's quite a thing if you've never gone or if you've never known a southern small town.
This is Harper Lee, speaking to WQXR, a New York radio station, in 1964.
The people there are not particularly worldly-wise in any way. But they tell you a story every time you see one. We are oral types. We talk.
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