"born to do the dirty work"

Kathee and I watched To Kill a Mockingbird last night. It's a great book and a good movie. Here's a favorite quote (about Atticus):

"There are people born to do the dirty work for us, and, your father, Scout, is one of those men." (Miss Maudy)

Another:

"If you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it." (Atticus)