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"The day I finished 'Twilight', I came home and started bulking up. For 'New Moon', I'm 30 pounds heavier than I was in Twilight."

"The day I finished 'Twilight', I came home and started bulking up. For 'New Moon', I'm 30 pounds heavier than I was in Twilight."

Taylor Lautner, American Actor

Home, Day, Moon, Twilight

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"Every parent in America has the total power to control all television programming that is dispatched to their home today."

"Every parent in America has the total power to control all television programming that is dispatched to their home today."

Jack Valenti, American Businessman

Home, Power, Control, America

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"Well, I just said that Jesus and I were both Jewish and that neither of us ever had a job, we never had a home, we never married and we traveled around the countryside irritating people."

"Well, I just said that Jesus and I were both Jewish and that neither of us ever had a job, we never had a home, we never married and we traveled around the countryside irritating people."

Kinky Friedman, American Musician

Home, People, Job

11

"There have been some good studies done in California with Hispanic parents where in the course of a year, they have changed their entire nutritional intake for the better. The kid becomes, in a sense, the bridge between the educational process and the home."

"There have been some good studies done in California with Hispanic parents where in the course of a year, they have changed their entire nutritional intake for the better. The kid becomes, in a sense, the bridge between the educational process and the home."

C. Everett Koop, American Public Servant

Home, Parents, Sense

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"It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with you for the rest of your life."

"It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with you for the rest of your life."

Randall Jarrell, American Poet

Home, Life, Idea, Rest

11

"I am not quite sure where home is right now. I do have places in London and Milan, and a house in Spain. I guess I would say home is where my mother is, and she lives in Spain."

"I am not quite sure where home is right now. I do have places in London and Milan, and a house in Spain. I guess I would say home is where my mother is, and she lives in Spain."

Sarah Brightman, English Musician

Home, Mother, London, Now

11

"I don't display my plaques and honors. They are hidden behind a black curtain in my work room at home."

"I don't display my plaques and honors. They are hidden behind a black curtain in my work room at home."

John Cameron, American Scientist

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"Plus, teaching brings home to you very fast that you actually know nothing. I didn't realize that before."

"Plus, teaching brings home to you very fast that you actually know nothing. I didn't realize that before."

Hugh Grant, English Actor

Home, Nothing, Teaching

11

"In my home State of Minnesota, I have seen firsthand the importance of Byrne grants to local police in reducing crime and drugs and improving public safety."

"In my home State of Minnesota, I have seen firsthand the importance of Byrne grants to local police in reducing crime and drugs and improving public safety."

Jim Ramstad, American Politician

Home, Crime, Drugs, Importance

11

"There are 80 million moms in the United States. Forty million stay at home with their children."

"There are 80 million moms in the United States. Forty million stay at home with their children."

Andrew Shue, American Actor

Home, Children, states, United

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"When did it - When did it become okay for someone to hit home runs and forget how to play the rest of the game?"

"When did it - When did it become okay for someone to hit home runs and forget how to play the rest of the game?"

Ryne Sandberg, American Athlete

Home, Forget, Play, Rest

11

"In the end, they pardoned me and packed me off to a home for the shell-shocked. Shortly before the end of the war, I was discharged a second time, once again with the observation that I was subject to recall at any time."

"In the end, they pardoned me and packed me off to a home for the shell-shocked. Shortly before the end of the war, I was discharged a second time, once again with the observation that I was subject to recall at any time."

George Grosz, German Artist

Home, Time, War, End

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"If you're in a company, you're dancing from 9 a.m. till 7 in the evening, and then you go home and get in a hot tub and get some Epsom salts and try to get your body goin' again. There's no social life, no anything."

"If you're in a company, you're dancing from 9 a.m. till 7 in the evening, and then you go home and get in a hot tub and get some Epsom salts and try to get your body goin' again. There's no social life, no anything."

Neve Campbell, Canadian Actress

Home, Life, Body, Company

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"Workers come to America to fill jobs unwanted by Americans, but they are staying and they are not going home."

"Workers come to America to fill jobs unwanted by Americans, but they are staying and they are not going home."

Kit Bond, American Politician

Home, America, Americans, Jobs

11

"You get in before sunrise and you get out after sunset and you go home, eat and collapse. While you're aware of the ratings, you aren't prepared for the response of the fans."

"You get in before sunrise and you get out after sunset and you go home, eat and collapse. While you're aware of the ratings, you aren't prepared for the response of the fans."

Parker Stevenson, American Actor

Home, Fans, Sunset

11

"Coming Home had been made before and Apocalypse Now and Deer Hunter, different kinds of movies."

"Coming Home had been made before and Apocalypse Now and Deer Hunter, different kinds of movies."

Oliver Stone, American Director

Home, Movies, Now

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"The American consumer is also the American worker, and if we don't do something to protect our manufacturing base here at home, it is going to be hard to buy any retail goods."

"The American consumer is also the American worker, and if we don't do something to protect our manufacturing base here at home, it is going to be hard to buy any retail goods."

Lindsey Graham, American Politician

Home, Manufacturing

11

"No, I did night clubs right here in Los Angeles. My partner, Phil Erickson, put me in the business, a guy from my home town, a dear friend who we just lost a couple of months ago."

"No, I did night clubs right here in Los Angeles. My partner, Phil Erickson, put me in the business, a guy from my home town, a dear friend who we just lost a couple of months ago."

Dick Van Dyke, American Actor

Home, Business, Friend, Months

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"The human brain now holds the key to our future. We have to recall the image of the planet from outer space: a single entity in which air, water, and continents are interconnected. That is our home."

"The human brain now holds the key to our future. We have to recall the image of the planet from outer space: a single entity in which air, water, and continents are interconnected. That is our home."

David Suzuki, Canadian Scientist

Home, Future, Key, Now

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"So it helped me to just let go of all my tensions and feelings about that world and say 'OK, this is for my fans in Japan. They'll be nice and get into it and have fun.' And it was the first record I made at my home studio."

"So it helped me to just let go of all my tensions and feelings about that world and say 'OK, this is for my fans in Japan. They'll be nice and get into it and have fun.' And it was the first record I made at my home studio."

Matthew Sweet, American Musician

Home, Feelings, Fans, First

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"In New York, after that famous home run, they expected me to be up there every year. That homer raised me to a high level, with the top guys in the game."

"In New York, after that famous home run, they expected me to be up there every year. That homer raised me to a high level, with the top guys in the game."

Bobby Thomson, American Athlete

11

"I'm no hero. Heroes don't come back. Survivors return home. Heroes never come home. If anyone thinks I'm a hero, I'm not."

"I'm no hero. Heroes don't come back. Survivors return home. Heroes never come home. If anyone thinks I'm a hero, I'm not."

Bob Feller, American Athlete

11

"The most critical factor subduing the demand for housing is that home ownership is no longer seen as the great, long-term buildup in equity value it once was."

"The most critical factor subduing the demand for housing is that home ownership is no longer seen as the great, long-term buildup in equity value it once was."

Mortimer Zuckerman, Canadian Publisher

Home, Ownership, Value

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"The wonderful world of home appliances now makes it possible to cook indoors with charcoal and outdoors with gas."

"The wonderful world of home appliances now makes it possible to cook indoors with charcoal and outdoors with gas."

Bill Vaughan, American Journalist

Home, Now, World

11

"Ah, the pleasure, the joy - a big news story that runs and runs, that is played down by some of our journalistic colleagues, saying 'it'll never happen', only to be confirmed by the Home Secretary."

"Ah, the pleasure, the joy - a big news story that runs and runs, that is played down by some of our journalistic colleagues, saying 'it'll never happen', only to be confirmed by the Home Secretary."

Kamal Ahmed, American Comedian

Home, Joy, News, Pleasure

11

"Homey don't quit. What else are you gonna do? It's like those guys in the cartoon they get up in the morning, check the clock and fight all day and after it's over they check the clock and go home. That's how it goes."

"Homey don't quit. What else are you gonna do? It's like those guys in the cartoon they get up in the morning, check the clock and fight all day and after it's over they check the clock and go home. That's how it goes."

Chubby Checker, American Musician

Home, Day, Fight

11

"I like touring, I like being in the studio, a bit of both. I like to have a bit of time at home as well."

"I like touring, I like being in the studio, a bit of both. I like to have a bit of time at home as well."

John Deacon, British Musician

Home, Time, Being

11

"I've experienced huge kindness here, a great welcome and some very generous reviews without the snide social edge I often suffer from at home. I'm not patronized here either, which I much appreciate!"

"I've experienced huge kindness here, a great welcome and some very generous reviews without the snide social edge I often suffer from at home. I'm not patronized here either, which I much appreciate!"

Joanna Trollope, English Novelist

11

"Well, no. I was getting into trouble messing around with it for roles. So one night I went home, cut it down with a pair of scissors and then got in the bath and shaved it all off. I've never looked back."

"Well, no. I was getting into trouble messing around with it for roles. So one night I went home, cut it down with a pair of scissors and then got in the bath and shaved it all off. I've never looked back."

Richard O'Brien, English Actor

Home, Night, Trouble

11

"Well, the thought that everybody might have a personal computer at their desk or their home was certainly not on the mainstream of anybody's activity at that time."

"Well, the thought that everybody might have a personal computer at their desk or their home was certainly not on the mainstream of anybody's activity at that time."

Jack Kilby, American Scientist

Home, Time, Thought, Computer

11

"I have Social Disease. I have to go out every night. If I stay home one night I start spreading rumors to my dogs."

"I have Social Disease. I have to go out every night. If I stay home one night I start spreading rumors to my dogs."

Andy Warhol, American Artist

Home, Disease, Dogs, Night

11

"So people ought to be free to leave here, but there ought to be opportunity for them to come home."

"So people ought to be free to leave here, but there ought to be opportunity for them to come home."

Bill Janklow, American Politician

Home, People, Opportunity

11

"For all practical purposes I left home when I was 7."

"For all practical purposes I left home when I was 7."

Jean Stafford, American Writer

11

"I rarely wear clothes when I'm home by myself. I love making breakfast naked. But you've got to make sure the gardener's not coming that day."

"I rarely wear clothes when I'm home by myself. I love making breakfast naked. But you've got to make sure the gardener's not coming that day."

Kristen Bell, American Actress

Home, Love, Clothes, Day

11

"Digital is a different world because you are sitting at home and a hi tech piece of equipment today is within reach of most people, so they are watching a pretty hi tech version of whatever you've done."

"Digital is a different world because you are sitting at home and a hi tech piece of equipment today is within reach of most people, so they are watching a pretty hi tech version of whatever you've done."

Ridley Scott, British Director

Home, People, Pretty, Today

11

"My father had retained an emotional affection for the ceremonial of his parental home, without allowing it to influence his intellectual freedom."

"My father had retained an emotional affection for the ceremonial of his parental home, without allowing it to influence his intellectual freedom."

Franz Boas, American Scientist

Home, Father, Affection, Freedom

11

"I'm the guy who will eat something that looks nice when I'm out, but when I take it home in a doggie bag, it'll sit in the back of my refrigerator until it starts to move."

"I'm the guy who will eat something that looks nice when I'm out, but when I take it home in a doggie bag, it'll sit in the back of my refrigerator until it starts to move."

Dustin Diamond, American Actor

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"I'm most at home on the stage. I was carried onstage for the first time when I was six months old."

"I'm most at home on the stage. I was carried onstage for the first time when I was six months old."

Alan Alda, American Actor

Home, Time, First, Months

11

"For three years now, our brave men and women in uniform have done everything their country has asked of them, yet President Bush still does not have a plan to win the peace in Iraq and bring our troops home."

"For three years now, our brave men and women in uniform have done everything their country has asked of them, yet President Bush still does not have a plan to win the peace in Iraq and bring our troops home."

Marty Meehan, American Politician

Home, Men, Peace, Women

11

"I'm a Canadian citizen. But I always want to feel at home in Sri Lanka. I'm a member of both countries."

"I'm a Canadian citizen. But I always want to feel at home in Sri Lanka. I'm a member of both countries."

Michael Ondaatje, Canadian Author

Home, Countries, Want

11

"We turned the switch, saw the flashes, watched for ten minutes, then switched everything off and went home. That night I knew the world was headed for sorrow."

"We turned the switch, saw the flashes, watched for ten minutes, then switched everything off and went home. That night I knew the world was headed for sorrow."

Leo Szilard, American Scientist

Home, Night, Sorrow, World

11

"Does my character hate Bree? Well, let's just put it this way. Bree hasn't seen the last of me. I gave that drunk gal a ride home a few episodes ago and she turned on me!"

"Does my character hate Bree? Well, let's just put it this way. Bree hasn't seen the last of me. I gave that drunk gal a ride home a few episodes ago and she turned on me!"

Alfre Woodard, American Actress

Home, Character, Hate

11

"A kid in an abusive home has far fewer rights than any POW. There is no Geneva Convention for kids."

"A kid in an abusive home has far fewer rights than any POW. There is no Geneva Convention for kids."

Andrew Vachss, American Author

Home, Rights, Kids

11

"I never come back home with the same moral character I went out with; something or other becomes unsettled where I had achieved internal peace; some one or other of the things I had put to flight reappears on the scene."

"I never come back home with the same moral character I went out with; something or other becomes unsettled where I had achieved internal peace; some one or other of the things I had put to flight reappears on the scene."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Home, Peace, Character

11

"Being from Africa is the best thing that could have ever, ever happened to me. I cannot see it any other way. All of my fundamental principles that were instilled in me in my home, from my childhood, are still with me."

"Being from Africa is the best thing that could have ever, ever happened to me. I cannot see it any other way. All of my fundamental principles that were instilled in me in my home, from my childhood, are still with me."

Hakeem Olajuwon, Nigerian Athlete

Home, Being, Childhood, Principles

11

"Swimming is normal for me. I'm relaxed. I'm comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It's my home."

"Swimming is normal for me. I'm relaxed. I'm comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It's my home."

Michael Phelps, American Athlete

11

"President Bush should be indicted and should be driven out of office. He should be sent back home in Texas."

"President Bush should be indicted and should be driven out of office. He should be sent back home in Texas."

Bianca Jagger, Nicaraguan Celebrity

Home, Office, President

11

"There are so many things that come into writing a recipe, and it's really important if you're writing for home cooks to be cooking like you are at home."

"There are so many things that come into writing a recipe, and it's really important if you're writing for home cooks to be cooking like you are at home."

Sally Schneider, American Writer

Home, Cooking, Writing

11

"Going home must be like going to render an account."

"Going home must be like going to render an account."

Joseph Conrad, Polish Novelist

11

"Having leveled my palace, don't erect a hovel and complacently admire your own charity in giving me that for a home."

"Having leveled my palace, don't erect a hovel and complacently admire your own charity in giving me that for a home."

Emily Bronte, English Novelist

Home, Charity, Giving

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