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"When I have sat at home with this God-given talent for music for a long time, somebody approaches me out of the blue and asks me to play for them. It's almost as though there's a force somewhere which is saying 'no sittin' around, out you go!"

"When I have sat at home with this God-given talent for music for a long time, somebody approaches me out of the blue and asks me to play for them. It's almost as though there's a force somewhere which is saying 'no sittin' around, out you go!"

Jeremy Spencer, British Musician

Home, Music, Time, Talent

28

"I owe the public a good performance, the best I can give. We really bust our chops on 'CHiPs' but when I go home and get a weekend off, I want to spend it quietly, with my lady."

"I owe the public a good performance, the best I can give. We really bust our chops on 'CHiPs' but when I go home and get a weekend off, I want to spend it quietly, with my lady."

Larry Wilcox, American Actor

Home, Performance, Lady, Public

28

"I could have closed down bits of British Home Stores to make more money but it's not my style. I want to make my money as a retailer, not by putting people out of work."

"I could have closed down bits of British Home Stores to make more money but it's not my style. I want to make my money as a retailer, not by putting people out of work."

Philip Green, British Businessman

Home, Money, Work, People

28

"One can say of language that it is potentially the only human home, the only dwelling place that cannot be hostile to man."

"One can say of language that it is potentially the only human home, the only dwelling place that cannot be hostile to man."

John Berger, English Artist

Home, Language, Man

28

"Don't know. Don't care. I'm hopping on a bus and going until I can't go any farther. Until I find a place that feels like home.'He's quiet for a long time. 'How will you know what home feels like?'It hangs in the air between us, as frozen as our breaths. I don't have an answer."

"Don't know. Don't care. I'm hopping on a bus and going until I can't go any farther. Until I find a place that feels like home.'He's quiet for a long time. 'How will you know what home feels like?'It hangs in the air between us, as frozen as our breaths. I don't have an answer."

Holly Black, American Author

Home, Escape, Searching, Uncertainty

28

"Our favorite: a former garbage dump converted into a riverside park. I first ran there more than 30 years ago when a marathon passed through this park that later became home to Pre's Trail."

"Our favorite: a former garbage dump converted into a riverside park. I first ran there more than 30 years ago when a marathon passed through this park that later became home to Pre's Trail."

Joe Henderson, American Athlete

Home, First, Marathon, Years

28

"Every evening, I come home tired and have just enough energy to fill out the endless tax forms, to pay bills, not to let my house neglected and to hear the radio concert for an hour."

"Every evening, I come home tired and have just enough energy to fill out the endless tax forms, to pay bills, not to let my house neglected and to hear the radio concert for an hour."

Fritz Zwicky, Swiss Scientist

Home, Energy, Evening, Tax

28

"The Medicaid system currently steers people toward nursing home care. Far more people can be covered in community-based care programs for significantly less."

"The Medicaid system currently steers people toward nursing home care. Far more people can be covered in community-based care programs for significantly less."

Edward G. Rendell, American Politician

Home, People, Care, Community

28

"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

28

"When our boys come home from France, we will have the hags flung out."

"When our boys come home from France, we will have the hags flung out."

W. A. Spooner, British Scholar

Home, Boys, France, Will

28

"The spirit is at home, if not entirely satisfied, in America."

"The spirit is at home, if not entirely satisfied, in America."

Allan Bloom, American Philosopher

Home, America, Spirit

28

"Bringing the troops home is necessary not just for the future of Iraq, but also for the people of the United States. We must stop the hemorrhaging of tax dollars that could go to meet our Nation's vital domestic needs."

"Bringing the troops home is necessary not just for the future of Iraq, but also for the people of the United States. We must stop the hemorrhaging of tax dollars that could go to meet our Nation's vital domestic needs."

Raul Grijalva, American Politician

Home, People, Future, Tax

28

"Never wanna leave my Justice, my home.So I bring her with me, my baby Lonesome.Don't matter, Justice is always there,Always right there, no matter where I go.My baby Lonesome,Makin' it so I'm never missin' home."

"Never wanna leave my Justice, my home.So I bring her with me, my baby Lonesome.Don't matter, Justice is always there,Always right there, no matter where I go.My baby Lonesome,Makin' it so I'm never missin' home."

Kristen Ashley, American Novelist

Home, Love, Identity, Belonging

28

"Some days the competition would beat me and I'd go home thinking awful thoughts, want to hide under the bed, depressed. But of course, in the news business, when you're working a daily news broadcast, you get your victories and defeats every day."

"Some days the competition would beat me and I'd go home thinking awful thoughts, want to hide under the bed, depressed. But of course, in the news business, when you're working a daily news broadcast, you get your victories and defeats every day."

Sam Donaldson, American Journalist

Home, Business, Thoughts, Bed

28

"For a lot of kids, the Boys and Girls Club is really a sanctuary, an oasis of sanity and safety for them because their home life is so tragic. Some of these kids have only one parent, and that one is addicted to drugs."

"For a lot of kids, the Boys and Girls Club is really a sanctuary, an oasis of sanity and safety for them because their home life is so tragic. Some of these kids have only one parent, and that one is addicted to drugs."

Judge Reinhold, American Actor

Home, Life, Boys, Drugs

27

"But when I go to Chicago, I know I'm home."

"But when I go to Chicago, I know I'm home."

Hank Sauer, American Athlete

27

"Social topics may hit too close to home for people, but then again, if you pull a heartstring, then that's what country music is. It's not just songs about getting drunk and leaving your girl."

"Social topics may hit too close to home for people, but then again, if you pull a heartstring, then that's what country music is. It's not just songs about getting drunk and leaving your girl."

Kenny Chesney, American Musician

Home, Music, People, Country

27

"We're having a good time. That's what I did last year. If you can't have a good time, you might as well stay home. I feel real good."

"We're having a good time. That's what I did last year. If you can't have a good time, you might as well stay home. I feel real good."

Sterling Marlin, American Athlete

27

"I'd get 3-4 cheap home runs every year. You know, little 'wood shots' down either line. They would be pop flies in any other park. But, goodness me, they didn't count the number of long outs!"

"I'd get 3-4 cheap home runs every year. You know, little 'wood shots' down either line. They would be pop flies in any other park. But, goodness me, they didn't count the number of long outs!"

Bobby Thomson, American Athlete

Home, Flies, Goodness

27

"We need to have a strong economy that can create employment opportunities and that can also produce the revenue that we need to defend our country at home and abroad."

"We need to have a strong economy that can create employment opportunities and that can also produce the revenue that we need to defend our country at home and abroad."

Robert Menendez, American Politician

Home, Country, Economy

27

"We're the largest home improvement company today, and we did $30 billion last year, or less than 10 percent of the total amount of building materials sold in the U.S. So when people ask, how much runway left does Home Depot have, it's an awful lot."

"We're the largest home improvement company today, and we did $30 billion last year, or less than 10 percent of the total amount of building materials sold in the U.S. So when people ask, how much runway left does Home Depot have, it's an awful lot."

Arthur Blank, American Businessman

Home, People, Building, Company

27

"The outcome can truly determine whether our homes will be destroyed, whether our children will be torn from their mothers, trained as conspirators and turned against their parents, their home and their church."

"The outcome can truly determine whether our homes will be destroyed, whether our children will be torn from their mothers, trained as conspirators and turned against their parents, their home and their church."

George Smathers, American Politician

Home, Church, Children, Mothers

27

"Most of all, our troops from Alabama said they appreciate the care packages from folks back home."

"Most of all, our troops from Alabama said they appreciate the care packages from folks back home."

Mike Rogers, American Politician

Home, Care, Troops

27

"I worked with a guy, I can't think of his name, him and his wife, and one of them had a saxophone and the other played drums. It wasn't a regular job but I did a few gigs around home with them."

"I worked with a guy, I can't think of his name, him and his wife, and one of them had a saxophone and the other played drums. It wasn't a regular job but I did a few gigs around home with them."

Earl Scruggs, American Musician

Home, Wife, Job, Name

27

"Home schooled children frequently combine for many purposes - and they interact well. The growth of the home schooling movement means that more and more children are learning together, just not in a traditional classroom."

"Home schooled children frequently combine for many purposes - and they interact well. The growth of the home schooling movement means that more and more children are learning together, just not in a traditional classroom."

Ernest Istook, American Politician

Home, Growth, Children, Classroom

27

"For the baby boomer generation, a home is now seen not as the cornerstone of advancement but a ball and chain, restricting their ability and their mobility to move and seek out a job at another location."

"For the baby boomer generation, a home is now seen not as the cornerstone of advancement but a ball and chain, restricting their ability and their mobility to move and seek out a job at another location."

Mortimer Zuckerman, Canadian Publisher

Home, Ability, Baby, Job

27

"We call our country home of the brave and land of the free, but it's not. We give a false portrayal of freedom. We're not free - if we were, we'd allow people their freedom."

"We call our country home of the brave and land of the free, but it's not. We give a false portrayal of freedom. We're not free - if we were, we'd allow people their freedom."

Jesse Ventura, American Politician

Home, People, Country, Freedom

27

"Realistically, I think we are not prepared to go home until we do get more teachers and lower class sizes."

"Realistically, I think we are not prepared to go home until we do get more teachers and lower class sizes."

John Podesta, American Lawyer

Home, Class, Teachers

27

"I always clean before the cleaning lady comes. If not, when I come home, I can't find anything. Cleaning ladies are always hiding things you leave out."

"I always clean before the cleaning lady comes. If not, when I come home, I can't find anything. Cleaning ladies are always hiding things you leave out."

Celia Cruz, Cuban Musician

Home, Ladies, Lady

27

"Here's kind of my motto - if you're not happy at home, you're not happy anywhere else."

"Here's kind of my motto - if you're not happy at home, you're not happy anywhere else."

Angie Harmon, American Model

27

"I'd rather rot on my own floor than be found by a bunch of bingo players in a nursing home."

"I'd rather rot on my own floor than be found by a bunch of bingo players in a nursing home."

Florence King, American Writer

27

"In all honesty, at that time, I never saw myself as an author... I was just a Mom in a state of panic, trying to enter a short story contest to win the prize money in order to keep the lights on in my home."

"In all honesty, at that time, I never saw myself as an author... I was just a Mom in a state of panic, trying to enter a short story contest to win the prize money in order to keep the lights on in my home."

Leslie Banks, British Actor

Home, Mom, Money, Time

27

"All truly historical peoples have an idea they must realize, and when they have sufficiently exploited it at home, they export it, in a certain way, by war; they make it tour the world."

"All truly historical peoples have an idea they must realize, and when they have sufficiently exploited it at home, they export it, in a certain way, by war; they make it tour the world."

Victor Cousin, French Philosopher

Home, War, Idea, World

27

"But I don't want anybody to say have the right to say well if you bloody Brits don't like it go home. And they have the right to say that if you haven't become a citizen."

"But I don't want anybody to say have the right to say well if you bloody Brits don't like it go home. And they have the right to say that if you haven't become a citizen."

Lynn Redgrave, British Actress

Home, Right, Want

27

$"Last year the National Sorry Day Committee consulted with stolen generations people in every State and Territory, and concluded that programmes set up in response to the Bringing Them Home Report are reaching only a small fraction of those they are intended to help."$

"Last year the National Sorry Day Committee consulted with stolen generations people in every State and Territory, and concluded that programmes set up in response to the Bringing Them Home Report are reaching only a small fraction of those they are intended to help."

Malcolm Fraser, Australian Politician

Home, People, Committee, Day

27

"I met Sable when she was 15 and I was 18. I sent her home to New York while we carried on the tour. When we got back the police were looking for her at the airport and everywhere!"

"I met Sable when she was 15 and I was 18. I sent her home to New York while we carried on the tour. When we got back the police were looking for her at the airport and everywhere!"

Johnny Thunders, American Musician

27

"I think even when homeowners love their room, it's still a shock, because you left your house, went to sleep, came home and your room was dramatically and drastically different."

"I think even when homeowners love their room, it's still a shock, because you left your house, went to sleep, came home and your room was dramatically and drastically different."

Paige Davis, American Actress

Home, Love, Sleep

27

"I'd rather be homesick than home."

"I'd rather be homesick than home."

Leo Vroman, Dutch Poet

26

"And remember don't high post when you're far from home, and high posting when you're all alone."

"And remember don't high post when you're far from home, and high posting when you're all alone."

Mos Def, American Musician

26

"I do not recall a Jewish home without a book on the table."

"I do not recall a Jewish home without a book on the table."

Elie Wiesel, American Novelist

26

"Sometimes I'm more true when I'm up onstage than I'm able to be in my regular life. It's not as exciting to be at home, but I've got to learn how to make that work, and then I will be an ordinary woman."

"Sometimes I'm more true when I'm up onstage than I'm able to be in my regular life. It's not as exciting to be at home, but I've got to learn how to make that work, and then I will be an ordinary woman."

Bonnie Raitt, American Musician

Home, Life, Work, Will

26

"We in this Congress have a choice. The American people have a right to exercise a choice on this issue, as to whether our men and women will continue to fight and die in a war based on deception and fantasy, or to start bringing the troops home."

"We in this Congress have a choice. The American people have a right to exercise a choice on this issue, as to whether our men and women will continue to fight and die in a war based on deception and fantasy, or to start bringing the troops home."

Raul Grijalva, American Politician

Home, Men, War, Women

26

"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."

"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."

Pierre Trudeau, Canadian Statesman

Home, Canada, Country, Will

26

"We had offers to go everywhere and we could have done them. But what would have been the point? We were tired. We had worked hard and needed a break before we got stale. We spent six months at home and writing songs."

"We had offers to go everywhere and we could have done them. But what would have been the point? We were tired. We had worked hard and needed a break before we got stale. We spent six months at home and writing songs."

John Bonham, British Musician

Home, Months, Songs, Writing

26

"But in practice Australia - the pluralism of Australia - sorry the sectarianism to an extent stopped at the time you took your uniform off after coming home from school."

"But in practice Australia - the pluralism of Australia - sorry the sectarianism to an extent stopped at the time you took your uniform off after coming home from school."

Thomas Keneally, Australian Novelist

Home, Time, Practice, School

26

"How could I wish for it for so long, only to come back and find it gone. To be here, in my technical house, and discover that home is now someplace different."

"How could I wish for it for so long, only to come back and find it gone. To be here, in my technical house, and discover that home is now someplace different."

Stephanie Perkins, American Author

Home, Loss, Identity, Longing

26

"It is a remarkably beautiful piece of home furnishing, the Oscar. I used to keep it up in front of a mirror so that it looked like two."

"It is a remarkably beautiful piece of home furnishing, the Oscar. I used to keep it up in front of a mirror so that it looked like two."

Mercedes McCambridge, American Actress

26

"I would have quit before I went rock-n-roll. I know one way, and that's natural, and when I can't make it, I'll come home and stay. I believe in my music."

"I would have quit before I went rock-n-roll. I know one way, and that's natural, and when I can't make it, I'll come home and stay. I believe in my music."

Ralph Stanley, American Musician

26

"I take my vote as a salute to the little guy, the one who doesn't hit 500 home runs. I was one of the guys that did all they could to win. I'm proud of my stats, but I don't think I ever got on for."

"I take my vote as a salute to the little guy, the one who doesn't hit 500 home runs. I was one of the guys that did all they could to win. I'm proud of my stats, but I don't think I ever got on for."

Joe Morgan, American Athlete

26

"In my opinion, it is not in our interest to have complicated negotiations with a region, and then have to follow it up with 535 negotiations at home. I have experienced recounts, and it is better to vote once."

"In my opinion, it is not in our interest to have complicated negotiations with a region, and then have to follow it up with 535 negotiations at home. I have experienced recounts, and it is better to vote once."

William M. Daley, American Politician

Home, Interest, Opinion, Vote

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