"Katherine it was who took upon herself the complete charge of [Junior's] speech. Not an insignificant "have went" nor an infinitesimal "I seen" ever escaped the keen ears of his eldest sister, who immediately corrected him. Mother sometimes thought Katherine a little severe when, in the interest of proper speaking, she would stop him in the midst of an exciting account of a home-run. There were times, thought Mother, when the spirit of the thing was so much more important than the flesh in which it was clothed."

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Source : Bess Streeter Aldrich (1999). “The Collected Short Works, 1920-1954”, p.22, U of Nebraska Press

Bess Streeter Aldrich

#Mother Quotes #Running Quotes #Home Quotes

“The humans create life, and senselessly cause death. For nothing.”
“I have been studying the traits and dispositions of the "lower animals" (so called) and contrasting them with the traits and dispositions of man. I find the result humiliating to me.”
“We should have a way of telling people they have bad breath without hurting their feelings. Well, I'm bored. Let's go brush our teeth. Or, I've got to make a phone call. Hold this gum in your mouth.”
“And I had a big opportunity with Richard Brooks, The Professionals, which is really a magnificent movie.”

Source : Interview with Adrian Wootton, www.theguardian.com. May 10, 2003.
“When I supported the stimulus package, I knew that it would not be popular with the Republican Party.”

Source : "POLITICO interview: Gov. Fortuno". Interview with Alexander Burns Michael Falcone, www.politico.com. May 22, 2009.
“Soul is just that inner spirit. I use that inner spirit for whatever it is I do.”
“You don't have to be the best at something. You just have to be the most determined.”
“Natural gas is the one fuel that we have that's affordable, it's scaleable, it can replace coal over time, it can replace imported oil, can create American jobs.”

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