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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

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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

56

"There is something permanent, and something extremely profound, in owning a home."

"There is something permanent, and something extremely profound, in owning a home."

Kenny Guinn, American Politician

56

"The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest."

"The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest."

Thomas More, English Author

Home, Soul, Day, Importance

56

"I never married because there was no need. I have three pets at home which answer the same purpose as a husband. I have a dog which growls every morning, a parrot which swears all afternoon, and a cat that comes home late at night."

"I never married because there was no need. I have three pets at home which answer the same purpose as a husband. I have a dog which growls every morning, a parrot which swears all afternoon, and a cat that comes home late at night."

Marie Corelli, British Novelist

Home, Husbpurpose, Night, Pets

56

"I related to his disillusionment. Thinking that he was going for this big dream. Then he kind of saw through it all at one point and went back home. Then he started a bender, which I can relate to of course."

"I related to his disillusionment. Thinking that he was going for this big dream. Then he kind of saw through it all at one point and went back home. Then he started a bender, which I can relate to of course."

Woody Harrelson, American Actor

Home, Dream, Disillusionment, Thinking

56

"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

54

"There is nothing more important than a good, safe, secure home."

"There is nothing more important than a good, safe, secure home."

Rosalynn Carter, American First Lady

54

"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

54

"The artist I wanna be like is Michael Jackson. I'll get the house with the roller coaster and the rides and a disco, and I'll invite all my friends and just stay at home."

"The artist I wanna be like is Michael Jackson. I'll get the house with the roller coaster and the rides and a disco, and I'll invite all my friends and just stay at home."

Lil' Kim, American Musician

Home, Artist, Friends

54

"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

53

"I figure that if the children are alive when I get home, I've done my job."

"I figure that if the children are alive when I get home, I've done my job."

Roseanne Barr, American Actress

Home, Children, Job

53

"This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave."

"This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave."

Elmer Davis, American Journalist

Home, Land, Nation, Will

53

"At home it's all Batman and Star Wars and they do gang up on me. Sometimes I don't want to dress up as Darth Vader or play train sets, so I'll go out for a drink with the girls."

"At home it's all Batman and Star Wars and they do gang up on me. Sometimes I don't want to dress up as Darth Vader or play train sets, so I'll go out for a drink with the girls."

Sadie Frost, English Actress

Home, Dress, Girls, Play

53

"Michael and Alex, I love you. And we're going to have the biggest celebration when you get home."

"Michael and Alex, I love you. And we're going to have the biggest celebration when you get home."

Susan Smith, American Criminal

52

"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

52

"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

52

"The essential meaning of perestroika for Gorbachev and his supporters was creating and acting on alternatives to failed and dangerous policies at home and abroad."

"The essential meaning of perestroika for Gorbachev and his supporters was creating and acting on alternatives to failed and dangerous policies at home and abroad."

Stephen Cohen, American Educator

Home, Acting, Meaning

52

"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

52

"Home is the nicest word there is."

"Home is the nicest word there is."

Laura Ingalls Wilder, American Author

51

"I hate leaving home. I love what I do, but I'd love to go home every night."

"I hate leaving home. I love what I do, but I'd love to go home every night."

Charlie Watts, British Musician

Home, Love, Hate, Night

51

"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

51

"I started listening to music when I wrote when I had three sons at home."

"I started listening to music when I wrote when I had three sons at home."

Philip Levine, American Poet

Home, Music, Listening, Sons

50

"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

50

"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

50

"My grandmother made her home at Fox How under the shelter of the fells, with her four daughters, the youngest of whom was only eight when their father died."

"My grandmother made her home at Fox How under the shelter of the fells, with her four daughters, the youngest of whom was only eight when their father died."

Mary A. Ward, American Author

Home, Father, Daughters

50

"Home interprets heaven. Home is heaven for beginners."

"Home interprets heaven. Home is heaven for beginners."

Charles Henry Parkhurst, American Clergyman

50

"Then in my early teens, when the home computer bubble was blowing, I had one of the first, an Acorn Atom, and used to write primitive adventures on that."

"Then in my early teens, when the home computer bubble was blowing, I had one of the first, an Acorn Atom, and used to write primitive adventures on that."

Graham Nelson, English Mathematician

Home, Computer, First

50

"I went to London because, for me, it was the home of literature. I went there because of Dickens and Shakespeare."

"I went to London because, for me, it was the home of literature. I went there because of Dickens and Shakespeare."

Ben Okri, Nigerian Poet

Home, Literature, London, Shakespeare

49

"St Michaels Mount is a favourite place of mine; people will walk across to the Mount all day and assume they will be able to walk home. The spectacle of hundreds of people realising that the path they walked over on is disappearing under several feet of water is very amusing."

"St Michaels Mount is a favourite place of mine; people will walk across to the Mount all day and assume they will be able to walk home. The spectacle of hundreds of people realising that the path they walked over on is disappearing under several feet of water is very amusing."

John Dyer, American Poet

Home, People, Day, Feet

49

"It's great playing someone who is not like me at all. I'm really a nice girl, so it's fun to be a bitch, then come home and be myself again. When I meet people now, they're surprised that I'm a good person."

"It's great playing someone who is not like me at all. I'm really a nice girl, so it's fun to be a bitch, then come home and be myself again. When I meet people now, they're surprised that I'm a good person."

Rachel Bilson, American Actress

Home, People, Fun, Now

49

"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

49

"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

49

"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

49

"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

49

"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

49

"No, my step-daughter just opened a theatre school for children, I have another daughter who works in the record industry and another who is going back to collage and I have two little ones at home."

"No, my step-daughter just opened a theatre school for children, I have another daughter who works in the record industry and another who is going back to collage and I have two little ones at home."

Rosanne Cash, American Musician

Home, Daughter, Children, School

48

"For me, already being part of a single parent household and knowing it was just me and my mom, you'd would wake up times and hope that the next day you'd be able to be alongside your mother because she was out trying to make sure that I was taken care of. But all I cared about was her being home."

"For me, already being part of a single parent household and knowing it was just me and my mom, you'd would wake up times and hope that the next day you'd be able to be alongside your mother because she was out trying to make sure that I was taken care of. But all I cared about was her being home."

LeBron James, American Athlete

Home, Mom, Mother, Hope

48

"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

48

"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

48

"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

48

"As the world gets dumber and dumber, I feel more and more at home."

"As the world gets dumber and dumber, I feel more and more at home."

Peter McWilliams, American Writer

48

"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

48

"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

47

"Far From Home was also my idea from a magazine I'd seen."

"Far From Home was also my idea from a magazine I'd seen."

Jim Capaldi, British Musician

47

"A clock struck out the hour of twelve, and the bird in the hedgerow was still singing as we marched out to the roadway, and followed our merry pipers home to town."

"A clock struck out the hour of twelve, and the bird in the hedgerow was still singing as we marched out to the roadway, and followed our merry pipers home to town."

Patrick MacGill, Irish Journalist

47

"My mother never gave up one me. I messed up in school so much they were sending me home, but my mother sent me right back."

"My mother never gave up one me. I messed up in school so much they were sending me home, but my mother sent me right back."

Denzel Washington, American Actor

Home, Mother, Right, School

47

"Even the once simple home mortgage now has so many flavors and styles and variations that it is difficult for people to make a decision."

"Even the once simple home mortgage now has so many flavors and styles and variations that it is difficult for people to make a decision."

Scott Cook, American Businessman

Home, People, Decision, Now

47

"Home is any four walls that enclose the right person."

"Home is any four walls that enclose the right person."

Helen Rowland, American Writer

47

"Soon after, I returned home to my family, with a determination to bring them as soon as possible to live in Kentucky, which I esteemed a second paradise, at the risk of my life and fortune."

"Soon after, I returned home to my family, with a determination to bring them as soon as possible to live in Kentucky, which I esteemed a second paradise, at the risk of my life and fortune."

Daniel Boone, American Explorer

Home, Life, Family, Determination

47

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