There was one thing my daddy wouldn’t tolerate in any shape, form or fashion, and that was being unkind or rude to somebody. That was just very important to my folks. And as it turns out, that was a legacy that he left me that money can’t buy, is how to be able to treat people.

Deen frames good manners and basic human decency as a nonnegotiable moral rule learned at home, contrasting it with material inheritance. The quote treats kindness not as a social nicety but as character—something enforced, modeled, and transmitted across generations. By calling it a “legacy” that “money can’t buy,” she elevates everyday courtesy into a form of wealth: a practical, lifelong skill for navigating community and relationships. The emphasis on “in any shape, form or fashion” underscores that rudeness is unacceptable regardless of circumstance, suggesting that integrity is measured most clearly in how one treats others.