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"There are a number of things wrong with Washington. One of them is that everyone is too far from home."
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"A house isn't a home without the ineffable contentment of a cat with its tail folded about its feet. A cat gives mystery, charm, suggestion."
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"My tent doesn't look like much but, as an estate agent might say, "It is air-conditioned and has exceptional location."
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"Home is where they want you to stay longer."
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"A house from which nobody ever went away without feeling better in some way. A house in which there was always laughter."
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"The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours, kindle it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all."
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"He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home."
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"The heart of the home beats in the kitchen and a healthy one beats three times a day."
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"There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort."
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"Canada will be a strong country when Canadians of all provinces feel at home in all parts of the country, and when they feel that all Canada belongs to them."
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"I never walked the streets of New York hoping to be a musical comedy star. For one thing, they would have thought I was too tall, because l was five feet eight and a half, and they were all little bitty things running around in the studio at that time."
Time

"Life magazine ran a page featuring me and three other girls that was clearly the precursor of Sports Illustrated swimsuit issues."
Life

"The wisdom acquired with the passage of time is a useless gift unless you share it."
Time

"Critics established a snobbery toward me."
Snobbery

"I always felt that if I made a movie, it would be one movie; I didn't see how they could make 26 swimming movies."
Movies

"Somehow I kept my head above water. I relied on the discipline, character, and strength that I had started to develop as that little girl in her first swimming pool."
Character

"Three events. Three gold medals. I was news, big news, in the sports world."
Sports

"I remember when I first walked into Mayer's cavernous office. You had to walk 50 yards to get to him, and in that time he could really study everything about you."
Time

"There was a policy at Hughes against drinking at lunch, but the men ignored it."
Men

"It appeared as if I had invited the audience into the water with me, and it conveyed the sensation that being in there was absolutely delicious."
Being
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