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Recipes and movie food from The Help! Tips for throwing a great viewing party of the film - includes Minny's fried chicken and chocolate pie, fried okra, butter beans, sweet tea, ambrosia salad, and all kinds of southern goodies.

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Quote- This is Aibileen Clark, the main character in The Help. She was an African American maid who worked for a white family. She is known throughout the novel for her kind, inspiring words and this is a quote that she is well-known for in the book. She continually tells the young girl she watches, "You is kind. You is smart. You is important." This quote has become popular from the novel and the movie.

She is so kind and brave. She built people up instead of tearing them down. —krazykoala7Get it from Amazon for $8.21, Barnes & Noble for $13.60, or a local bookseller through IndieBound.

If you want something, go get it. Period.

"Were you dropped on your head as an infant? Or were you born stupid?"

Everyone needs a little help now and then, and no matter how wonderful we conservative women are naturally, we can always turn to the world of self-help.

Celia Foote and Minny Jackson - The Help (2011)