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"For the entire state of Georgia, having the premiere of Gone With the Wind on home ground was like winning the Battle of Atlanta 75 years late."

"For the entire state of Georgia, having the premiere of Gone With the Wind on home ground was like winning the Battle of Atlanta 75 years late."

Anne Edwards, Australian Educator

Home, Winning, Battle, State

6

"I've never been drawn to the feminist movement. I was brought up to believe that men had little to do with the home or children - except to bring in the money."

"I've never been drawn to the feminist movement. I was brought up to believe that men had little to do with the home or children - except to bring in the money."

Beryl Bainbridge, English Novelist

Home, Men, Money, Children

6

"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

6

"Christmas is, of course, the time to be home - in heart as well as body."

"Christmas is, of course, the time to be home - in heart as well as body."

Garry Moore, American Celebrity

Home, Time, Heart, Body

6

"Like charity, I believe glamour should begin at home."

"Like charity, I believe glamour should begin at home."

Loretta Young, American Actress

Home, Charity, Glamour

5

"My home studio is my private instrument for me only. It's not intended to record anyone but me."

"My home studio is my private instrument for me only. It's not intended to record anyone but me."

Billy Sheehan, American Musician

5

"Home wasn't built in a day."

"Home wasn't built in a day."

Jane Sherwood Ace, American Actress

5

"He sits at the kitchen table, which is the only authentic way to touch down at home in Queens."

"He sits at the kitchen table, which is the only authentic way to touch down at home in Queens."

Francis X. Clines, American Journalist

5

"Gee I don't know, I just want to get home."

"Gee I don't know, I just want to get home."

Dale Murphy, American Athlete

5

"What's the good of a home, if you are never in it?"

"What's the good of a home, if you are never in it?"

Weedon Grossmith, English Writer

5

"When I joined Custer I donned the uniform of a soldier. It was a bit awkward at first but I soon got to be perfectly at home in men's clothes."

"When I joined Custer I donned the uniform of a soldier. It was a bit awkward at first but I soon got to be perfectly at home in men's clothes."

Calamity Jane, American Soldier

Home, Men, Clothes, First

5

"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

5

"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

5

"Michael came home and asked, Would you like to write a song with me? I got this idea for a title called A Kiss at the End of a Rainbow. So we had a couple glasses of wine and wrote it."

"Michael came home and asked, Would you like to write a song with me? I got this idea for a title called A Kiss at the End of a Rainbow. So we had a couple glasses of wine and wrote it."

Annette O'Toole, American Dancer

Home, Kiss, Idea, End

5

"I always knew I wanted to be a character in the movies. When I was growing up, I had to have a lot of surgery, and I spent a lot of time recovering at home and in the hospital. Watching movies took me away from my own problems and gave me a total escape."

"I always knew I wanted to be a character in the movies. When I was growing up, I had to have a lot of surgery, and I spent a lot of time recovering at home and in the hospital. Watching movies took me away from my own problems and gave me a total escape."

Josh Ryan Evans, American Actor

Home, Movies, Time, Character

5

"I don't know what would have been worse: If Mira had come home one day to say she was gay or an actress."

"I don't know what would have been worse: If Mira had come home one day to say she was gay or an actress."

Paul Sorvino, American Actor

5

"My fingers are not as fast as my brain - which isn't that much to type home about anyway."

"My fingers are not as fast as my brain - which isn't that much to type home about anyway."

Frank Lane, American Businessman

5

"Home is neither here nor there. Home is within you, or home is nowhere at all."

"Home is neither here nor there. Home is within you, or home is nowhere at all."

Hermann Hesse, German Novelist

Home, Self, Life, Existence

5

"Today, there are more opportunities for writers in terms of access to larger success, but it's more difficult to publish a literary novel in the lower ranges. In other words, you almost have to hit a home run. You can hit a triple, maybe, but nobody's interested in a single."

"Today, there are more opportunities for writers in terms of access to larger success, but it's more difficult to publish a literary novel in the lower ranges. In other words, you almost have to hit a home run. You can hit a triple, maybe, but nobody's interested in a single."

James Lee Burke, American Author

Home, Success, Literary, Today

5

"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

5

"I believe that one can never leave home. I believe that one carries the shadows, the dreams, the fears and the dragons of home under one's skin, at the extreme corners of one's eyes and possibly in the gristle of the earlobe."

"I believe that one can never leave home. I believe that one carries the shadows, the dreams, the fears and the dragons of home under one's skin, at the extreme corners of one's eyes and possibly in the gristle of the earlobe."

Maya Angelou, American Poet

Home, Identity, Memory, Dream

5

"Animal totems, like the tiger, come from the Other Side to protect us while we are away from Home."

"Animal totems, like the tiger, come from the Other Side to protect us while we are away from Home."

Sylvia Browne, American Celebrity

5

"The Audio Home Recording Act directly says that noncommercial copying by consumers is lawful."

"The Audio Home Recording Act directly says that noncommercial copying by consumers is lawful."

David Boies, American Lawyer

5

"My mother raised me in the church. I was not allowed to stay home on Sunday; there was no option. I sang in the choir all the way up until I went to college."

"My mother raised me in the church. I was not allowed to stay home on Sunday; there was no option. I sang in the choir all the way up until I went to college."

Steve Harvey, American Actor

Home, Mother, Church, College

5

"The cities are the principal home and seat of the human group. They are the coral colony for Man, the collective being."

"The cities are the principal home and seat of the human group. They are the coral colony for Man, the collective being."

Alfred Doblin, German Novelist

Home, Being, Cities, Man

5

"I'm lucky because I have a job I love. I really miss being away from home, being in my own bed, seeing my animals and siblings, having my moms cookies. I have a couple cats. I got a kitten about a year ago and now Im going on the road so I wont see him for a while. I feel bad."

"I'm lucky because I have a job I love. I really miss being away from home, being in my own bed, seeing my animals and siblings, having my moms cookies. I have a couple cats. I got a kitten about a year ago and now Im going on the road so I wont see him for a while. I feel bad."

Michelle Branch, American Musician

Home, Love, Animals, Bed

5

"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

5

"He never yelled or screamed so I felt very at home and comfortable."

"He never yelled or screamed so I felt very at home and comfortable."

Margaret O'Brien, American Actress

5

"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

5

"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

5

"Most of what gets made now, you laugh your way through, go home and forget you've seen it."

"Most of what gets made now, you laugh your way through, go home and forget you've seen it."

Tom Berenger, American Actor

Home, Forget, Now

5

"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

5

"I feel that I'm at my best as a person and that I'm coming home when I walk on to a set, or on to a stage, so if I can perform in one way or another I think I'll be okay."

"I feel that I'm at my best as a person and that I'm coming home when I walk on to a set, or on to a stage, so if I can perform in one way or another I think I'll be okay."

Claudia Black, Australian Actress

4

"I don't think I have the stomach Veronica has. I think I have the determination and the stubbornness and a little bit of the go-get-em. But I think I'm about 20 percent more girl than Veronica is. There's a lot of Veronica that hits home with me, the sort of feisty area. But I think that I have a little bit more girl. I'd scream my head off if I saw a body in the freezer."

"I don't think I have the stomach Veronica has. I think I have the determination and the stubbornness and a little bit of the go-get-em. But I think I'm about 20 percent more girl than Veronica is. There's a lot of Veronica that hits home with me, the sort of feisty area. But I think that I have a little bit more girl. I'd scream my head off if I saw a body in the freezer."

Kristen Bell, American Actress

Home, Determination, Body

4

"Pet lovers know that animals sometimes understand us better than we do, and the annals of human sin and desire provide plenty of stories to drive the point home."

"Pet lovers know that animals sometimes understand us better than we do, and the annals of human sin and desire provide plenty of stories to drive the point home."

Tony Snow, American Journalist

Home, Pet, Animals, Desire

4

"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

4

"My best evenings are at home with my lady."

"My best evenings are at home with my lady."

Billy Zane, American Actor

4

"Mr. Fitzgerald, I believe that is how he spells his name, seems to believe that plagiarism begins at home."

"Mr. Fitzgerald, I believe that is how he spells his name, seems to believe that plagiarism begins at home."

Zelda Fitzgerald, American Writer

Home, Name, Plagiarism

4

"His claim to his home is deep, but there are too many ghosts. He must absorb without being absorbed."

"His claim to his home is deep, but there are too many ghosts. He must absorb without being absorbed."

Willie Morris, American Writer

Home, Being, Deep

4

"How people feel when they are returning home from an absence, long or short, I did not know: I had never experienced the sensation. I had known what it was to come back to Gateshead when a child after a long walk, to be scolded for looking cold or gloomy; and later, what it was to come back from church to Lowood, to long for a plenteous meal and a good fire, and to be unable to get either. Neither of these returnings was very pleasant or desirable: no magnet drew me to a given point, increasing in its strength of attraction the nearer I came. The return to Thornfield was yet to be tried."

"How people feel when they are returning home from an absence, long or short, I did not know: I had never experienced the sensation. I had known what it was to come back to Gateshead when a child after a long walk, to be scolded for looking cold or gloomy; and later, what it was to come back from church to Lowood, to long for a plenteous meal and a good fire, and to be unable to get either. Neither of these returnings was very pleasant or desirable: no magnet drew me to a given point, increasing in its strength of attraction the nearer I came. The return to Thornfield was yet to be tried."

Charlotte Bronte, British Novelist

Home, Absence, Childhood, Desire

4

"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

4

"I'm afraid they've left their legs at home."

"I'm afraid they've left their legs at home."

Ron Atkinson, British Athlete

4

"Don't forget to vote for Bill Clinton and Al Gore. Stay home if you're voting for Dole."

"Don't forget to vote for Bill Clinton and Al Gore. Stay home if you're voting for Dole."

Eleanor Mondale, American Actress

Home, Forget, Vote, Voting

4

"Everybody thinks I'm, like, a bad boy. I've had my day, but I just sit at home and play the blues mostly."

"Everybody thinks I'm, like, a bad boy. I've had my day, but I just sit at home and play the blues mostly."

Brad Renfro, American Actor

Home, Day, Play

4

"Home is where your ass is and if you want to move you move your ass the first step is learning to change homes with someone else and have someone else's ass."

"Home is where your ass is and if you want to move you move your ass the first step is learning to change homes with someone else and have someone else's ass."

William S. Burroughs, American Writer

Home, Identity, Change, Body

4

"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

4

"The secret of a successful marriage is not to be at home too much."

"The secret of a successful marriage is not to be at home too much."

Colin Chapman, English Inventor

Home, Marriage, Successful

4

"The curious are always in some danger. If you are curious you might never come home."

"The curious are always in some danger. If you are curious you might never come home."

Jeanette Winterson, British Novelist

4

"We proved we could be safe and secure at home, and still have more allies and friends in the world."

"We proved we could be safe and secure at home, and still have more allies and friends in the world."

Chelsea Clinton, American Celebrity

Home, Friends, World

4

"Home life is no more natural to us than a cage is natural to a cockatoo."

"Home life is no more natural to us than a cage is natural to a cockatoo."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

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