"The jam is moving toward the Capitol where Congress sits in judgment on all the administrative agencies of Government."

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Source : Grace Abbott, Judith Sealander (2015). “The Grace Abbott Reader”, p.92, U of Nebraska Press

Grace Abbott

#Moving On Quotes #Agency Quotes #Government Quotes

“But what I do I do because I like to do.”
“I love being a very personal singer-songwriter, but I also like being a scientist or explorer.”
“In social situations I still feel scared. My best friend and husband give me the freedom to be myself.”

Source : "Retail therapists" by Fiona Neill, The Times, July 14, 2007.
“Prefer the familiar word to the far-fetched. Prefer the concrete word to the abstract. Prefer the single word to the circumlocution. Prefer the short word to the long. Prefer the Saxon word to the Romance.”

Source : Henry Watson Fowler, Francis George Fowler (1931). “The King's English”, Oxford University Press
“All of my novels are democracies.”
“Being content with what you have already is an art form that leads to a peace that canâ€™t be replaced by anything else.”
“We need to hear the Gospel every day, because we forget it every day.”
“Rhyme patterns are nothing without meanings to the words. A lot of rappers can do those flows, but the raps aren't really about anything - which is cool sometimes, but to have the flow and the message is one of my favorite things.”

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