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"The decision by France to resume nuclear testing in the South Pacific has destroyed this hope and raised a storm of protest at home, in the South Pacific and thankfully around the world."

"The decision by France to resume nuclear testing in the South Pacific has destroyed this hope and raised a storm of protest at home, in the South Pacific and thankfully around the world."

Jenny Shipley, New Zealander Statesman

Home, Decision, Hope, France

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"However, I was a restaurant critic at Chicago magazine before I worked at Esquire, and I've been a really enthusiastic home cook for a long time. It's just something I'm passionate about."

"However, I was a restaurant critic at Chicago magazine before I worked at Esquire, and I've been a really enthusiastic home cook for a long time. It's just something I'm passionate about."

Ted Allen, American Entertainer

Home, Time, Chicago

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"I look at myself objectively and in a way I see myself as a commodity. Your name becomes somehow outside yourself. Now, when I'm at home being Mrs. Scarfe, that's when I'm most myself."

"I look at myself objectively and in a way I see myself as a commodity. Your name becomes somehow outside yourself. Now, when I'm at home being Mrs. Scarfe, that's when I'm most myself."

Jane Asher, British Actress

Home, Being, Name, Now

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"After I hit a home run I had a habit of running the bases with my head down. I figured the pitcher already felt bad enough without me showing him up rounding the bases."

"After I hit a home run I had a habit of running the bases with my head down. I figured the pitcher already felt bad enough without me showing him up rounding the bases."

Mickey Mantle, American Athlete

Home, Habit, Running

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"You have to take into account it was the cell phone that became what the modern-day concept of a phone call is, and this is a device that's attached to your hip 24/7. Before that there was 'leave a message' and before that there was 'hopefully you're home.'"

"You have to take into account it was the cell phone that became what the modern-day concept of a phone call is, and this is a device that's attached to your hip 24/7. Before that there was 'leave a message' and before that there was 'hopefully you're home.'"

Giovanni Ribisi, American Actor

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"It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad."

"It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad."

James Madison, American President

Home, Truth, Danger, Liberty

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"Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom."

"Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom."

John F. Kennedy, American President

Home, Success, Hope, Adversity

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"Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home."

"Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home."

Matsuo Basho, Japanese Poet

Home, Day, Journey

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"We just bought a new house, so my wife's been doing all the moving and other stuff, so I would like to go home and just sit and enjoy all that for a couple months before I gotta start playing again."

"We just bought a new house, so my wife's been doing all the moving and other stuff, so I would like to go home and just sit and enjoy all that for a couple months before I gotta start playing again."

Tom Araya, American Musician

Home, Wife, Months

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"I am more valuable to my team hitting .330 then swinging for home runs."

"I am more valuable to my team hitting .330 then swinging for home runs."

Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican Athlete

Home, Puertorican

25

"I'm lucky that my real-life Mom has both a great sense of humor about herself and an amazing ability to slip into complete denial if the subject matter gets a little too close to home."

"I'm lucky that my real-life Mom has both a great sense of humor about herself and an amazing ability to slip into complete denial if the subject matter gets a little too close to home."

Cathy Guisewite, American Cartoonist

Home, Humor, Mom, Ability

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"I have become a queer mixture of the East and the West, out of place everywhere, at home nowhere."

"I have become a queer mixture of the East and the West, out of place everywhere, at home nowhere."

Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian Leader

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"I love being at home and cooking and baking."

"I love being at home and cooking and baking."

Blake Lively, American Actress

Home, Love, Being, Cooking

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"This is my idea of heaven, coming home and watching the news."

"This is my idea of heaven, coming home and watching the news."

Rita Moreno, Puerto Rican Actress

Home, Idea, Heaven, News

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"Recording at home enables one to eliminate the demo stage, and the presentation stage in the studio, too."

"Recording at home enables one to eliminate the demo stage, and the presentation stage in the studio, too."

Warren Zevon, American Musician

24

"Maria is the best reason to come home."

"Maria is the best reason to come home."

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian Actor

24

"Leaving home in a sense involves a kind of second birth in which we give birth to ourselves."

"Leaving home in a sense involves a kind of second birth in which we give birth to ourselves."

Robert Neelly Bellah, American Sociologist

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"But inspiration? - That's when you come home from abroad and are asked: Well, have you found inspiration? - and fortunately you haven't. But the impressions sink in, of course, and may emerge later: None of us has invented the house; that was done many thousands of years ago."

"But inspiration? - That's when you come home from abroad and are asked: Well, have you found inspiration? - and fortunately you haven't. But the impressions sink in, of course, and may emerge later: None of us has invented the house; that was done many thousands of years ago."

Arne Jacobsen, Danish Architect

Home, Inspiration, May, Years

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"Being a child at home alone in the summer is a high-risk occupation. If you call your mother at work thirteen times an hour, she can hurt you."

"Being a child at home alone in the summer is a high-risk occupation. If you call your mother at work thirteen times an hour, she can hurt you."

Erma Bombeck, American Journalist

Home, Work, Mother, Being

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"On stage I make love to twenty five thousand people; and then I go home alone."

"On stage I make love to twenty five thousand people; and then I go home alone."

Janis Joplin, American Musician

Home, Love, People

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"Your home should be your home. People shouldn't be allowed to use whatever crazy lenses they use to catch you waking up in the morning."

"Your home should be your home. People shouldn't be allowed to use whatever crazy lenses they use to catch you waking up in the morning."

Sarah Chalke, Canadian Actress

Home, People, Waking

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"I had a blast doing the Warped Tour, but it's good to be home, for sure."

"I had a blast doing the Warped Tour, but it's good to be home, for sure."

Joan Jett, American Musician

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"I think we're a deeper team, a better team, we still have work to do... nothing is guaranteed, but hopefully we got the mentality to play on the road, and we're starting to get our home thing back in order now-if we can do that we'll be just fine."

"I think we're a deeper team, a better team, we still have work to do... nothing is guaranteed, but hopefully we got the mentality to play on the road, and we're starting to get our home thing back in order now-if we can do that we'll be just fine."

Karl Malone, American Athlete

Home, Work, Nothing, Now

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"It was the most pleasurable thing I've ever done, playing this character, and I just remember feeling so at home and so - I don't know, I was just happy - and it just wasn't ever work! It was like a sandbox for me, and I would crack myself up rehearsing."

"It was the most pleasurable thing I've ever done, playing this character, and I just remember feeling so at home and so - I don't know, I was just happy - and it just wasn't ever work! It was like a sandbox for me, and I would crack myself up rehearsing."

Jenna Elfman, American Actress

Home, Character, Feeling

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"My restless, roaming spirit would not allow me to remain at home very long."

"My restless, roaming spirit would not allow me to remain at home very long."

Buffalo Bill, American Celebrity

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"All things on earth point home in old October; sailors to sea, travellers to walls and fences, hunters to field and hollow and the long voice of the hounds, the lover to the love he has forsaken."

"All things on earth point home in old October; sailors to sea, travellers to walls and fences, hunters to field and hollow and the long voice of the hounds, the lover to the love he has forsaken."

Thomas Wolfe, American Novelist

Home, Love, Earth, Hounds

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"The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home."

"The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home."

James Madison, American President

Home, Danger, Defense, Tyranny

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"Owning a home is a keystone of wealth... both financial affluence and emotional security."

"Owning a home is a keystone of wealth... both financial affluence and emotional security."

Suze Orman, American Author

Home, Financial, Wealth, Security

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"The only plan the Administration seems to have for winning the war is that there is no plan and no schedule for our troops to come home and get out of harm's way."

"The only plan the Administration seems to have for winning the war is that there is no plan and no schedule for our troops to come home and get out of harm's way."

Eliot Engel, American Politician

Home, War, Winning, Harm

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"If they had a social gospel in the days of the prodigal son, somebody would have given him a bed and a sandwich and he never would have gone home."

"If they had a social gospel in the days of the prodigal son, somebody would have given him a bed and a sandwich and he never would have gone home."

Vance Havner, American Evangelist

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"It has from the beginning been carried on with as much vigor and as great care of our trade as was consistent with our safety at home and with the circumstances we were in at the beginning of the war."

"It has from the beginning been carried on with as much vigor and as great care of our trade as was consistent with our safety at home and with the circumstances we were in at the beginning of the war."

Robert Walpole, British Statesman

Home, War, Beginning, Care

22

"The most influential of all educational factors is the conversation in a child's home."

"The most influential of all educational factors is the conversation in a child's home."

William Temple, British Archbishop

Home, Conversation

22

"The best time to buy a home is always five years ago."

"The best time to buy a home is always five years ago."

Ray Brown, American Musician

Home, Time, Years

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"I'll fill those canyons in your soul, like a river lead you home. And I'll walk a step behind, in the shadows so you shine. Just ask, it will be done and I will prove my love, until you're sure that I'm the one."

"I'll fill those canyons in your soul, like a river lead you home. And I'll walk a step behind, in the shadows so you shine. Just ask, it will be done and I will prove my love, until you're sure that I'm the one."

Gary Allan, American Musician

Home, Love, Soul, Shadows

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"Sins, like chickens, come home to roost."

"Sins, like chickens, come home to roost."

Charles W. Chesnutt, American Novelist

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"I live in a very small town and now that I've closed down my studio, I'm working at home."

"I live in a very small town and now that I've closed down my studio, I'm working at home."

Sergio Aragones, Spanish Cartoonist

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"I went overseas hoping to prove that all our POWs were home. I came back convinced that they were still alive."

"I went overseas hoping to prove that all our POWs were home. I came back convinced that they were still alive."

Bo Gritz, American Soldier

22

"Removing substantial fuel loads from our forests helps prevent catastrophic fire and better protects species, watersheds and neighboring communities that call them home."

"Removing substantial fuel loads from our forests helps prevent catastrophic fire and better protects species, watersheds and neighboring communities that call them home."

Greg Walden, American Politician

22

"I'm going to buy some green bananas because by the time I get home they'll be ripe."

"I'm going to buy some green bananas because by the time I get home they'll be ripe."

Ryan Stiles, American Actor

21

"There were two free public libraries within walking distance of my home; I remember taking six books home from every visit, the limit set by the library."

"There were two free public libraries within walking distance of my home; I remember taking six books home from every visit, the limit set by the library."

Martin Lewis Perl, American Physicist

Home, Books, Libraries, Public

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"Charity begins at home, but should not end there."

"Charity begins at home, but should not end there."

Thomas Fuller, English Clergyman

Home, Charity, End

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"The more one does and sees and feels, the more one is able to do, and the more genuine may be one's appreciation of fundamental things like home, and love, and understanding companionship."

"The more one does and sees and feels, the more one is able to do, and the more genuine may be one's appreciation of fundamental things like home, and love, and understanding companionship."

Amelia Earhart, American Aviator

Home, Love, Appreciation, Companionship

21

"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."

"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."

Alfred Hitchcock, English Director

Home, Murder, Television

21

"When you're in the middle of a pennant race, you can't go up there thinking about home runs."

"When you're in the middle of a pennant race, you can't go up there thinking about home runs."

Sammy Sosa, Dominican Athlete

Home, Race, Thinking

21

"As much as we all love playing live, it's not normal to be on the road all the time, to have no home."

"As much as we all love playing live, it's not normal to be on the road all the time, to have no home."

Gavin Rossdale, British Musician

Home, Love, Time, Road

21

"During our travels, the Indians entertained me well; and their affection for me was so great, that they utterly refused to leave me there with the others, although the Governor offered them one hundred pounds sterling for me, on purpose to give me a parole to go home."

"During our travels, the Indians entertained me well; and their affection for me was so great, that they utterly refused to leave me there with the others, although the Governor offered them one hundred pounds sterling for me, on purpose to give me a parole to go home."

Daniel Boone, American Explorer

Home, Purpose, Affection

21

"I feel at home in an orchestral score."

"I feel at home in an orchestral score."

Placido Domingo, Spanish Musician

21

"As winter weather settles in around the country, millions of American families are facing skyrocketing home heating prices with even greater impact if cold temperatures persist into the spring."

"As winter weather settles in around the country, millions of American families are facing skyrocketing home heating prices with even greater impact if cold temperatures persist into the spring."

Russ Carnahan, American Politician

Home, Country, Spring

21

"The United States has made a massive effort since the end of the Second World War to secure the dominance of its films in foreign markets - an achievement generally pushed home politically, by writing clauses into various treaties and aid packages."

"The United States has made a massive effort since the end of the Second World War to secure the dominance of its films in foreign markets - an achievement generally pushed home politically, by writing clauses into various treaties and aid packages."

Fredric Jameson, American Critic

Home, War, Achievement, Effort

21

"Hit a home run - put your head down, drop the bat, run around the bases, because the name on the front is more - a lot more important than the name on the back."

"Hit a home run - put your head down, drop the bat, run around the bases, because the name on the front is more - a lot more important than the name on the back."

Ryne Sandberg, American Athlete

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