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"I had the sets that meant so much to this character built - right in my home, especially the kitchen, which was important both for her character and for your introduction to her when Albert comes to visit."

"I had the sets that meant so much to this character built - right in my home, especially the kitchen, which was important both for her character and for your introduction to her when Albert comes to visit."

Debbie Reynolds, American Actress

Home, Character, Kitchen, Right

26

"If I find what I like, maybe in about five years we'll be able to afford to build a home in the country."

"If I find what I like, maybe in about five years we'll be able to afford to build a home in the country."

Kent McCord, American Actor

Home, Country, Years

26

"Of all the passions of mankind, the love of novelty most rules the mind. In search of this, from realm to realm we roam. Our fleets come loaded with every folly home."

"Of all the passions of mankind, the love of novelty most rules the mind. In search of this, from realm to realm we roam. Our fleets come loaded with every folly home."

Shelby Foote, American Author

Home, Love, Folly, Mankind

26

"For the two of us, home isn't a place. It is a person. And we are finally home."

"For the two of us, home isn't a place. It is a person. And we are finally home."

Stephanie Perkins, American Author

Home, Love, Belonging, Connection

26

"In 1941 I finished at Allison Intermediate School (grades 7-9), and started at North High School, commuting by bicycle about 5 miles from home to school."

"In 1941 I finished at Allison Intermediate School (grades 7-9), and started at North High School, commuting by bicycle about 5 miles from home to school."

Vernon L. Smith, American Economist

26

"Do you ever want to go home?' I asked Paul.He brushed an ash from my face. 'It's the century of the displaced person, ' he said. 'You can never go home."

"Do you ever want to go home?' I asked Paul.He brushed an ash from my face. 'It's the century of the displaced person, ' he said. 'You can never go home."

Janet Fitch, American Author

Home, Identity, Loss, Journey

26

"When a writer knows home in his heart, his heart must remain subtly apart from it."

"When a writer knows home in his heart, his heart must remain subtly apart from it."

Willie Morris, American Writer

26

"They called to tell me that I was going to be returning to RAW. I left immediately to run home and tell Jackie. She said, I have some news for you-I'm expecting."

"They called to tell me that I was going to be returning to RAW. I left immediately to run home and tell Jackie. She said, I have some news for you-I'm expecting."

Charlie Haas, American Athlete

26

"I had cottage cheese for lunch and a glass of wine when I got home tonight."

"I had cottage cheese for lunch and a glass of wine when I got home tonight."

Sally Quinn, American Journalist

26

"I had bad days on the field. But I didn't take them home with me. I left them in a bar along the way home."

"I had bad days on the field. But I didn't take them home with me. I left them in a bar along the way home."

Bob Lemon, American Athlete

25

"While this debate today is a belated effort to inform the American people, it is nevertheless an empty gesture. It is time to admit our mistake in Iraq and begin to bring our troops home with honor."

"While this debate today is a belated effort to inform the American people, it is nevertheless an empty gesture. It is time to admit our mistake in Iraq and begin to bring our troops home with honor."

Raul Grijalva, American Politician

Home, Time, Mistake, People

25

"Sometimes when I get home at night in Washington I feel as though I had been in a great traffic jam."

"Sometimes when I get home at night in Washington I feel as though I had been in a great traffic jam."

Grace Abbott, American Activist

Home, Night, Washington

25

"Greed has driven the world crazy. And I think I'm lucky that I have a place over here that I can call home."

"Greed has driven the world crazy. And I think I'm lucky that I have a place over here that I can call home."

Nina Simone, American Musician

Home, Greed, World

25

"Italy is definitely where I feel most at home, or alternatively, living in total wilderness, in the bush in Australia."

"Italy is definitely where I feel most at home, or alternatively, living in total wilderness, in the bush in Australia."

Noah Taylor, Australian Actor

Home, Italy, Living, Wilderness

25

"I enjoy the crafts on the show enormously, too, when we have experts in showing how to make things. You watch them thinking you'll go home and do the things yourself, which is fun. Some I have done myself later on."

"I enjoy the crafts on the show enormously, too, when we have experts in showing how to make things. You watch them thinking you'll go home and do the things yourself, which is fun. Some I have done myself later on."

Jane Asher, British Actress

Home, Experts, Fun, Thinking

25

"Contemplation and wisdom are highest achievements and man is not totally at home with them."

"Contemplation and wisdom are highest achievements and man is not totally at home with them."

Gabriel Marcel, French Philosopher

Home, Wisdom, Contemplation, Man

25

"I can make them voting machines sing Home Sweet Home."

"I can make them voting machines sing Home Sweet Home."

Earl Long, American Politician

Home, Machines, Voting

25

"And we're finally home."

"And we're finally home."

Stephanie Perkins, American Author

Home, Love, Emotion, Completion

25

"A whim, a passing mood, readily induces the novelist to move hearth and home elsewhere. He can always plead work as an excuse to get him out of the clutches of bothersome hosts."

"A whim, a passing mood, readily induces the novelist to move hearth and home elsewhere. He can always plead work as an excuse to get him out of the clutches of bothersome hosts."

C. S. Forester, English Novelist

Home, Work, Whim

25

"I race historic muscle cars back in Australia, and that's my hobby. And I try to race home as soon as I've finished a movie but don't tell anyone."

"I race historic muscle cars back in Australia, and that's my hobby. And I try to race home as soon as I've finished a movie but don't tell anyone."

Eric Bana, Australian Actor

25

"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

25

"Artists like Bach and Beethoven erected churches and temples on the heights. I only wanted... to build dwellings for men in which they might feel happy and at home."

"Artists like Bach and Beethoven erected churches and temples on the heights. I only wanted... to build dwellings for men in which they might feel happy and at home."

Edvard Grieg, Norwegian Composer

Home, Men, Artists, Churches

25

"Life with a scientist who is often changing jobs and is frequently away at meetings and on lecture tours is not easy. Without a secure home base, I could not have made much progress."

"Life with a scientist who is often changing jobs and is frequently away at meetings and on lecture tours is not easy. Without a secure home base, I could not have made much progress."

John Pople, English Scientist

Home, Life, Progress, Jobs

25

"I believe sincerely that we should bring in U.N. peacekeepers and bring our troops home."

"I believe sincerely that we should bring in U.N. peacekeepers and bring our troops home."

Dennis Kucinich, American Politician

24

"When I go home, its an easy way to be grounded. You learn to realize what truly matters."

"When I go home, its an easy way to be grounded. You learn to realize what truly matters."

Tony Stewart, American Celebrity

24

"Many women cut back what had to be done at home by redefining what the house, the marriage and, sometimes, what the child needs. One woman described a fairly common pattern: I do my half. I do half of his half, and the rest doesn't get done."

"Many women cut back what had to be done at home by redefining what the house, the marriage and, sometimes, what the child needs. One woman described a fairly common pattern: I do my half. I do half of his half, and the rest doesn't get done."

Arlie Hochschild, American Sociologist

Home, Marriage, Women, Needs

24

"One sweetly solemn thought, comes to me o'er and o'er; I am nearer home today, than I ever have been before."

"One sweetly solemn thought, comes to me o'er and o'er; I am nearer home today, than I ever have been before."

Phoebe Cary, American Poet

Home, Thought, Today

24

"You can go out feet first, and that's not my desire, or you can say, I think we've served with distinction, and this is the time to go home and seek a new challenge."

"You can go out feet first, and that's not my desire, or you can say, I think we've served with distinction, and this is the time to go home and seek a new challenge."

Jerry Kleczka, American Politician

Home, Time, Challenge, Desire

24

"I was never really a big presence in the home."

"I was never really a big presence in the home."

Dick Ebersol, American Businessman

24

"I'll continue to fight for school choice and home schooling. Do I believe in accountability? You bet I do."

"I'll continue to fight for school choice and home schooling. Do I believe in accountability? You bet I do."

Charlie Crist, American Politician

Home, Choice, Fight, School

24

"My point was that the war was intrinsically wrong, and as a result of our participation we haven't improved Australia's security but created a greater danger at home and abroad."

"My point was that the war was intrinsically wrong, and as a result of our participation we haven't improved Australia's security but created a greater danger at home and abroad."

Bob Hawke, Australian Journalist

Home, War, Danger, Participation

24

"Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts."

"Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts."

Oliver Wendell Holmes, American Writer

Home, Love, Feet, May

24

"I'll be in Los Angeles for two weeks and I'll have a laugh, get battered and have a buzz, but at the end of the day, I'll go home. It's just me earning a few more stories to tell everyone at home and all."

"I'll be in Los Angeles for two weeks and I'll have a laugh, get battered and have a buzz, but at the end of the day, I'll go home. It's just me earning a few more stories to tell everyone at home and all."

Colin Farrell, Irish Actor

24

"We are at war with enemies that still have the intent to do further damage to Americans at home and abroad."

"We are at war with enemies that still have the intent to do further damage to Americans at home and abroad."

Bradley A. Blakeman, American Businessman

Home, War, Americans, Enemies

24

"If anybody wanted to photograph my life, they'd get bored in a day. 'Heres Matt at home learning his lines. Here's Matt researching in aisle six of his local library'. A few hours of that and they'd go home."

"If anybody wanted to photograph my life, they'd get bored in a day. 'Heres Matt at home learning his lines. Here's Matt researching in aisle six of his local library'. A few hours of that and they'd go home."

Matt Damon, American Actor

Home, Life, Day, Learning

24

"It is often easier to become outraged by injustice half a world away than by oppression and discrimination half a block from home."

"It is often easier to become outraged by injustice half a world away than by oppression and discrimination half a block from home."

Carl T. Rowan, American Journalist

Home, Discrimination, Injustice, Oppression

24

"The warrior may fight for gold or for an immediate gain, or for something to take home for the winter to feed the family. The soldier is part of a more complex society. He's fighting for a group ethic of some sort."

"The warrior may fight for gold or for an immediate gain, or for something to take home for the winter to feed the family. The soldier is part of a more complex society. He's fighting for a group ethic of some sort."

C. J. Cherryh, American Writer

Home, Family, Society, Fight

24

"The odds are, you highly underestimate how awesome you are. Stop doing that."

"The odds are, you highly underestimate how awesome you are. Stop doing that."

Rob Liano, American Author

Home, Confidence, Self, Awareness, Strength

24

"I think families are so great, because when you go home, no matter what you've accomplished in your life, you still are the person you were in sixth grade to them. You know, it never really changes."

"I think families are so great, because when you go home, no matter what you've accomplished in your life, you still are the person you were in sixth grade to them. You know, it never really changes."

Bonnie Hunt, American Actress

23

"The People in this Town began to inquire my Business, and because I did not readily inform them, they began to suspect me, and said, that I was come to settle the Indian's Land and they knew I should never go Home again Safe."

"The People in this Town began to inquire my Business, and because I did not readily inform them, they began to suspect me, and said, that I was come to settle the Indian's Land and they knew I should never go Home again Safe."

Christopher Gist, American Explorer

Home, Business, People, Land

23

"I always quit at three when my kids come home from school so I feel pretty spoiled."

"I always quit at three when my kids come home from school so I feel pretty spoiled."

Alice Hoffman, American Author

Home, Kids, Pretty, School

23

"He was an innovator, an experimenter, a missionary in bringing the gospel of good cooking to the home table."

"He was an innovator, an experimenter, a missionary in bringing the gospel of good cooking to the home table."

Craig Claiborne, American Editor

23

"Those who were cowards never started, and those who were weak were lost on the way, but the brave find a home in every land."

"Those who were cowards never started, and those who were weak were lost on the way, but the brave find a home in every land."

Walter Knott, American Businessman

Home, Cowards, Land

23

"When a father, absent during the day, returns home at six, his children receive only his temperament, not his teaching."

"When a father, absent during the day, returns home at six, his children receive only his temperament, not his teaching."

Robert Bly, American Poet

Home, Father, Children, Day

23

"Someone has said the best nursing home is the U.S. Senate."

"Someone has said the best nursing home is the U.S. Senate."

Ernest F. Hollings, American Politician

23

"I left home because I was hungry."

"I left home because I was hungry."

Red Skelton, American Comedian

23

"Oh, to be home again, home again, home again! Under the apple-boughs, down by the mill!"

"Oh, to be home again, home again, home again! Under the apple-boughs, down by the mill!"

James Thomas Fields, American Publisher

23

"So that he seemed to depart not from life, but from one home to another."

"So that he seemed to depart not from life, but from one home to another."

Cornelius Nepos, Roman Author

23

"My kitchen linoleum is so black and shiny that I waltz while I wait for the kettle to boil. This pleasure is for the old who live alone."

"My kitchen linoleum is so black and shiny that I waltz while I wait for the kettle to boil. This pleasure is for the old who live alone."

Florida Scott-Maxwell, American Writer

Home, Kitchen, Old, Pleasure

23

"It was at the beginning of all this tabloid frenzy. Our garbage was being gone through, and we were involved in all these chases getting home, and people camping out on our property to get pictures."

"It was at the beginning of all this tabloid frenzy. Our garbage was being gone through, and we were involved in all these chases getting home, and people camping out on our property to get pictures."

Lauren Holly, American Actress

Home, People, Beginning, Being

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