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"Even the draft dodgers are not pursued and hounded. They are here on our streets, most of them... unless they are breaking Canadian laws .. are getting American dollars from Ma and Pa at home to spend here."

"Even the draft dodgers are not pursued and hounded. They are here on our streets, most of them... unless they are breaking Canadian laws .. are getting American dollars from Ma and Pa at home to spend here."

Gordon Sinclair, Canadian Journalist

Home, American, Draft, Laws

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"Second, there are two problems with respect to mobile homes in particular. One is we obviously don't want to put them in a flood plain, because if there's another flood, you're going to lose the mobile home."

"Second, there are two problems with respect to mobile homes in particular. One is we obviously don't want to put them in a flood plain, because if there's another flood, you're going to lose the mobile home."

Michael Chertoff, American Civil Servant

Home, Problems, Respect, Want

18

"The Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act expires at the end of this year. Thus, we must act quickly to ensure our constituents continue to receive the services they enjoy."

"The Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act expires at the end of this year. Thus, we must act quickly to ensure our constituents continue to receive the services they enjoy."

Eliot Engel, American Politician

Home, Act, End, Improvement

18

"I certainly don't live in a kosher home although I was raised in a kosher environment."

"I certainly don't live in a kosher home although I was raised in a kosher environment."

Leonard Nimoy, American Actor

Home, Environment

18

"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

18

"I've been a very lucky guy. I played on championship teams. I played for Canada. I've won some awards and I'm very proud of those accomplishments. But I don't think there's anything greater than to come home and to be recognized at home. This is the pinnacle."

"I've been a very lucky guy. I played on championship teams. I played for Canada. I've won some awards and I'm very proud of those accomplishments. But I don't think there's anything greater than to come home and to be recognized at home. This is the pinnacle."

Bobby Orr, Canadian Athlete

Home, Accomplishments, Awards, Canada

18

"A man builds a house in England with the expectation of living in it and leaving it to his children; we shed our houses in America as easily as a snail does his shell."

"A man builds a house in England with the expectation of living in it and leaving it to his children; we shed our houses in America as easily as a snail does his shell."

Harriet Beecher Stowe, American Author

Home, America, Children, Englexpectation, Houses

18

"My interest in the sciences started with mathematics in the very beginning, and later with chemistry in early high school and the proverbial home chemistry set."

"My interest in the sciences started with mathematics in the very beginning, and later with chemistry in early high school and the proverbial home chemistry set."

Rudolph A. Marcus, Canadian Scientist

Home, Beginning, Interest, Mathematics

18

"A sold-out house my first night back. Do you have any idea what kinda pressure that is? I could have been at home in my warm bed, playing Nintendo."

"A sold-out house my first night back. Do you have any idea what kinda pressure that is? I could have been at home in my warm bed, playing Nintendo."

Richard Pryor, American Actor

Home, Idea, Bed, First

18

"I'm a married man. If I want sex at this particular point in my life, I go home for it."

"I'm a married man. If I want sex at this particular point in my life, I go home for it."

Davy Jones, English Musician

Home, Life, Sex, Man

18

"More than anything else, I want the folks back at home to think right of me."

"More than anything else, I want the folks back at home to think right of me."

Elvis Presley, American Musician

Home, Right, Want

18

"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

18

"I was pleasantly surprised after the book came out. It was like, hey, the home team put down a nice score."

"I was pleasantly surprised after the book came out. It was like, hey, the home team put down a nice score."

Rocco DiSpirito, American Celebrity

18

"We paid off our debts, we learned some, made friends and returned in 1950 with a larger view of life. I had, however, no home, no income of any kind and no prospects whatsoever."

"We paid off our debts, we learned some, made friends and returned in 1950 with a larger view of life. I had, however, no home, no income of any kind and no prospects whatsoever."

James W. Black, Scottish Scientist

Home, Life, Friends, Income

18

"And there was huge numbers of UFOs around my parents home in Kingston."

"And there was huge numbers of UFOs around my parents home in Kingston."

Betty Hill, American Celebrity

Home, Numbers, Parents

18

"Often, before returning home, I would take a long and roundabout way and pass by the peaceful ramparts from where I had glimpses of other provinces, and a sight of the distant country."

"Often, before returning home, I would take a long and roundabout way and pass by the peaceful ramparts from where I had glimpses of other provinces, and a sight of the distant country."

Pierre Loti, French Writer

Home, Country, Sight

18

"The first presentation of my show was given in May, 1883, at Omaha, which I had then chosen as my home. From there we made our first summer tour, visiting practically every important city in the country."

"The first presentation of my show was given in May, 1883, at Omaha, which I had then chosen as my home. From there we made our first summer tour, visiting practically every important city in the country."

Buffalo Bill, American Celebrity

Home, Country, First, May

18

"So I'm more at home with my backpack, sleeping in a hotel room or on a bus or on an airplane, than I am necessarily on a bed. It's weird being here. It feels like I'm standing next to my real life."

"So I'm more at home with my backpack, sleeping in a hotel room or on a bus or on an airplane, than I am necessarily on a bed. It's weird being here. It feels like I'm standing next to my real life."

Henry Rollins, American Musician

Home, Life, Bed, Being

18

"Certainly the Australians were buried in Korea. But I think that from Vietnam on, all the killed were brought home to America or to Australia, in our case."

"Certainly the Australians were buried in Korea. But I think that from Vietnam on, all the killed were brought home to America or to Australia, in our case."

Peter Scott, English Artist

Home, America, Vietnam

18

"If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience."

"If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience."

Woodrow Wilson, American President

Home, Conscience, Will

18

"Because I practice often with my children at home."

"Because I practice often with my children at home."

Andrea Bocelli, Italian Musician

Home, Children, Practice

18

"As you know, in this country Anglo-Americans are about 75 to 76 percent home ownership in this country, where Hispanics, African Americans are less than 50 percent."

"As you know, in this country Anglo-Americans are about 75 to 76 percent home ownership in this country, where Hispanics, African Americans are less than 50 percent."

Alphonso Jackson, American Public Servant

Home, African, Americans, Country

18

"What does good in bed mean to me? When I'm sick and I stay home from school propped up with lots of pillows watching TV and my mom brings me soup - that's good in bed."

"What does good in bed mean to me? When I'm sick and I stay home from school propped up with lots of pillows watching TV and my mom brings me soup - that's good in bed."

Brooke Shields, American Actress

Home, Mom, Bed, School

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"There's a magical tie to the land of our home, which the heart cannot break, though the footsteps may roam."

"There's a magical tie to the land of our home, which the heart cannot break, though the footsteps may roam."

Eliza Cook, English Poet

Home, Heart, Footsteps, Land

18

"You know, radio was a really easy way to do the shows. You'd come in, do a read-through, there'd be a few rehearsals, then you'd come the night of the show and do it in front of the audience and then go home."

"You know, radio was a really easy way to do the shows. You'd come in, do a read-through, there'd be a few rehearsals, then you'd come the night of the show and do it in front of the audience and then go home."

Harry Shearer, American Actor

18

"The thing I love is that my home life hasn't changed. I still help out with the garbage. I still help out with the lawn."

"The thing I love is that my home life hasn't changed. I still help out with the garbage. I still help out with the lawn."

Taylor Lautner, American Actor

Home, Life, Love, Help

17

"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

17

"Be grateful for the home you have, knowing that at this moment, all you have is all you need."

"Be grateful for the home you have, knowing that at this moment, all you have is all you need."

Sarah Ban Breathnach, American Author

17

"I am not going to die, I'm going home like a shooting star."

"I am not going to die, I'm going home like a shooting star."

Sojourner Truth, American Activist

17

"I play the piano a lot at home. I write songs on the piano and guitar. I would like to actually play piano on stage. I don't think I'll get the chance for a while."

"I play the piano a lot at home. I write songs on the piano and guitar. I would like to actually play piano on stage. I don't think I'll get the chance for a while."

Mick Taylor, English Musician

Home, Chance, Guitar, Play

17

"The home ownership process for Native Americans has been hobbled by bureaucratic delays and regulations."

"The home ownership process for Native Americans has been hobbled by bureaucratic delays and regulations."

Rick Renzi, American Politician

Home, Americans, Nativeamericans, Ownership

17

"Education, like neurosis, begins at home."

"Education, like neurosis, begins at home."

Milton R. Sapirstein, American Psychiatrist

Home, Education, Neurosis

17

"I give a percentage of the earnings to the Motion Picture Home."

"I give a percentage of the earnings to the Motion Picture Home."

James MacArthur, American Actor

17

"I was born in London, and went to school in Scotland - I used to be dead tired when I got home at night."

"I was born in London, and went to school in Scotland - I used to be dead tired when I got home at night."

Norman Wisdom, English Comedian

Home, London, Night, School

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"But even though all this was going on at home, if someone had tried to take me away and put me in a children's home, I couldn't have handled it. Even though my mother was very brutal, it was my home."

"But even though all this was going on at home, if someone had tried to take me away and put me in a children's home, I couldn't have handled it. Even though my mother was very brutal, it was my home."

Lynn Johnston, American Cartoonist

Home, Mother, Children

17

"The body is the soul's poor house or home, whose ribs the laths are and whose flesh the loam."

"The body is the soul's poor house or home, whose ribs the laths are and whose flesh the loam."

Robert Herrick, British Poet

Home, Soul, Body, Poor

17

"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

17

"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

17

"But you know, there's something about the kids finishing their homework in a given day, working one-on-one, getting all this attention - they go home, they're finished. They don't stall, they don't do their homework in front of the TV."

"But you know, there's something about the kids finishing their homework in a given day, working one-on-one, getting all this attention - they go home, they're finished. They don't stall, they don't do their homework in front of the TV."

Dave Eggers, American Writer

Home, Attention, Day, Kids

17

"The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals."

"The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals."

Edward Abbey, American Author

Home, Men, War, Enemies

17

"Home is not where you live, but where they understand you."

"Home is not where you live, but where they understand you."

Christian Morgenstern, German Poet

17

"And at home in the United States we found continued and increased persecution, first of leaders of the Communist Party, and then of all honest anti-fascists."

"And at home in the United States we found continued and increased persecution, first of leaders of the Communist Party, and then of all honest anti-fascists."

Paul Robeson, American Actor

Home, First, Leaders, Party

17

"One small cat changes coming home to an empty house to coming home."

"One small cat changes coming home to an empty house to coming home."

Pam Brown, American Poet

17

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

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

Helen Rowland, American Writer

17

"We want you to sit down and leave your egos at home and let's get an understanding as to where all this is foolishness coming from. There are others who are putting things out there or throwing a stick and hiding their hand and keeping things built up in the media."

"We want you to sit down and leave your egos at home and let's get an understanding as to where all this is foolishness coming from. There are others who are putting things out there or throwing a stick and hiding their hand and keeping things built up in the media."

Afrika Bambaataa, American Musician

Home, Foolishness, Media, Understanding

17

"We had discovered an accursed country. We had found the Home of the Blizzard."

"We had discovered an accursed country. We had found the Home of the Blizzard."

Douglas Mawson, Australian Explorer

17

"This stammer got me a home in Beverly Hills, and I'm not about to screw with it now."

"This stammer got me a home in Beverly Hills, and I'm not about to screw with it now."

Bob Newhart, American Comedian

17

"We wanted to write a whole song about partying and then taking Yellow Cabs home. That's the weirdest topic we've ever thought of centering a song around."

"We wanted to write a whole song about partying and then taking Yellow Cabs home. That's the weirdest topic we've ever thought of centering a song around."

Taryn Manning, American Actress

Home, Thought, Song

17

"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

17

"My only concern was to get home after a hard day's work."

"My only concern was to get home after a hard day's work."

Rosa Parks, American Activist

Home, Work, Concern, Day

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