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"Kindness goes a long ways lots of times when it ought to stay at home."

"Kindness goes a long ways lots of times when it ought to stay at home."

Kin Hubbard, American Journalist

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"I never saw film stars at home. We had no maid, no cook, no swimming pool."

"I never saw film stars at home. We had no maid, no cook, no swimming pool."

Natalie Wood, American Actress

Home, Film, Stars

29

"On my return to Cornwall I discovered that I was living in a tropical paradise. For now I am content to explore my own home and our nearest neighbour France."

"On my return to Cornwall I discovered that I was living in a tropical paradise. For now I am content to explore my own home and our nearest neighbour France."

John Dyer, American Poet

Home, Content, France, Paradise

29

"When I hit a home run I usually didn't care where it went. So long as it was a home run was all that mattered."

"When I hit a home run I usually didn't care where it went. So long as it was a home run was all that mattered."

Mickey Mantle, American Athlete

29

"I have a studio at home, and do 3 hours a day that way."

"I have a studio at home, and do 3 hours a day that way."

Wink Martindale, American Entertainer

29

"Home life ceases to be free and beautiful as soon as it is founded on borrowing and debt."

"Home life ceases to be free and beautiful as soon as it is founded on borrowing and debt."

Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian Poet

Home, Life, Borrowing, Debt

28

"It is no accident that I made Cartoon Town a simple little village - in many ways it mirrored my home town. And, yes, many of my puppet characters took on some of the more eccentric characteristics of people I knew there."

"It is no accident that I made Cartoon Town a simple little village - in many ways it mirrored my home town. And, yes, many of my puppet characters took on some of the more eccentric characteristics of people I knew there."

William Jackson, American Actor

Home, People, Accident

28

"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

28

"Over this August district work period, like many of my colleagues, I spent a lot of time with the men and women in uniform from my home State. The 196th Field Artillery Brigade just got back from a year in Afghanistan."

"Over this August district work period, like many of my colleagues, I spent a lot of time with the men and women in uniform from my home State. The 196th Field Artillery Brigade just got back from a year in Afghanistan."

Zach Wamp, American Politician

Home, Men, Time, Women

28

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

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

Charles Henry Parkhurst, American Clergyman

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"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

28

"I Knew why I felt at home. The spirit of freedom was hovering over that play yard as it did all over France at that time. A country was free again."

"I Knew why I felt at home. The spirit of freedom was hovering over that play yard as it did all over France at that time. A country was free again."

Audie Murphy, American Soldier

Home, Time, Country, France

28

"Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom."

"Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom."

John F. Kennedy, American President

Home, Success, Hope, Adversity

28

"Our safety at home and the cause of freedom abroad is largely contingent upon our success in Iraq."

"Our safety at home and the cause of freedom abroad is largely contingent upon our success in Iraq."

Ron Lewis, American Politician

Home, Success, Cause, Freedom

28

"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

28

"He went, ever on the move, with the slow, shuffling step of wandering beggars who are nowhere at home."

"He went, ever on the move, with the slow, shuffling step of wandering beggars who are nowhere at home."

Stijn Streuvels, Belgian Writer

28

"I grew up with the mindset that when you get home from work, you go to dinner and watch a movie. I don't want to be going to a club and taking off my panties."

"I grew up with the mindset that when you get home from work, you go to dinner and watch a movie. I don't want to be going to a club and taking off my panties."

Blake Lively, American Actress

Home, Work, Want

28

"I had a blast doing the Warped Tour, but it's good to be home, for sure."

"I had a blast doing the Warped Tour, but it's good to be home, for sure."

Joan Jett, American Musician

28

"The United States has made a massive effort since the end of the Second World War to secure the dominance of its films in foreign markets - an achievement generally pushed home politically, by writing clauses into various treaties and aid packages."

"The United States has made a massive effort since the end of the Second World War to secure the dominance of its films in foreign markets - an achievement generally pushed home politically, by writing clauses into various treaties and aid packages."

Fredric Jameson, American Critic

Home, War, Achievement, Effort

28

"Turn up the lights. I don't want to go home in the dark."

"Turn up the lights. I don't want to go home in the dark."

O. Henry, American Writer

28

"I'd just as soon stay home and raise babies."

"I'd just as soon stay home and raise babies."

June Allyson, American Actress

28

"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

28

"When I'm home, I'm relaxed."

"When I'm home, I'm relaxed."

Marion Jones, American Athlete

28

"Yes, your home is your castle, but it is also your identity and your possibility to be open to others."

"Yes, your home is your castle, but it is also your identity and your possibility to be open to others."

David Soul, American Actor

Home, Possibility, Identity, Open

27

"There are things you just can't do in life. You can't beat the phone company, you can't make a waiter see you until he's ready to see you, and you can't go home again."

"There are things you just can't do in life. You can't beat the phone company, you can't make a waiter see you until he's ready to see you, and you can't go home again."

Bill Bryson, American Writer

Home, Life, Company

27

"Hypocrites in the Church? Yes, and in the lodge and at the home. Don't hunt through the Church for a hypocrite. Go home and look in the mirror. Hypocrites? Yes. See that you make the number one less."

"Hypocrites in the Church? Yes, and in the lodge and at the home. Don't hunt through the Church for a hypocrite. Go home and look in the mirror. Hypocrites? Yes. See that you make the number one less."

Billy Sunday, American Clergyman

27

"Last winter when I was coming home from church one Thursday evening, I saw somebody run around the house again. I told my father of that."

"Last winter when I was coming home from church one Thursday evening, I saw somebody run around the house again. I told my father of that."

Lizzie Andrew Borden, American Celebrity

Home, Father, Church, Evening

27

"I'm kind of a dork. I don't have much game. I'm not particularly comfortable in bars or clubs. I much prefer being home playing Scrabble, having dinner with a couple friends, going to see a movie, or losing a whole weekend to Season 14 of Law and Order or The Simpsons."

"I'm kind of a dork. I don't have much game. I'm not particularly comfortable in bars or clubs. I much prefer being home playing Scrabble, having dinner with a couple friends, going to see a movie, or losing a whole weekend to Season 14 of Law and Order or The Simpsons."

Wentworth Miller, English Actor

Home, Being, Friends, Law

27

"A man's home may seem to be his castle on the outside; inside is more often his nursery."

"A man's home may seem to be his castle on the outside; inside is more often his nursery."

Clare Boothe Luce, American Dramatist

27

"But I am convinced that those Jews who stand aside today with a malicious smile and with their hands in their trousers' pockets will also want to dwell in our beautiful home."

"But I am convinced that those Jews who stand aside today with a malicious smile and with their hands in their trousers' pockets will also want to dwell in our beautiful home."

Theodor Herzl, Hungarian Journalist

Home, Smile, Today, Want

27

"Praying privately in churches, I began to discover that heaven was my true home and also that it was here and now, woven into this life."

"Praying privately in churches, I began to discover that heaven was my true home and also that it was here and now, woven into this life."

Lionel Blue, British Clergyman

Home, Life, Churches, Heaven

27

"I can't imagine doing an hour-long dramatic series because it's so much work. A sitcom is a wonderful gig. You work from 10 to 4 every day, it's fun, and you get to live at home."

"I can't imagine doing an hour-long dramatic series because it's so much work. A sitcom is a wonderful gig. You work from 10 to 4 every day, it's fun, and you get to live at home."

John Lithgow, American Actor

Home, Work, Day, Fun

27

"David Ortiz is a genius. He's incredible to watch. Over and over, he hits home runs that are simply transcendent."

"David Ortiz is a genius. He's incredible to watch. Over and over, he hits home runs that are simply transcendent."

Juliana Hatfield, American Musician

27

"In the true sense one's native land, with its background of tradition, early impressions, reminiscences and other things dear to one, is not enough to make sensitive human beings feel at home."

"In the true sense one's native land, with its background of tradition, early impressions, reminiscences and other things dear to one, is not enough to make sensitive human beings feel at home."

Emma Goldman, Lithuanian Activist

Home, Land, Sense, Tradition

27

"I come from the home-grown punk ethic, where it doesn't matter if you can't play a note, it's how you communicate."

"I come from the home-grown punk ethic, where it doesn't matter if you can't play a note, it's how you communicate."

Siobhan Fahey, British Musician

Home, Play, Punk

27

"We are willing to spend the least amount of money to keep a kid at home, more to put him in a foster home and the most to institutionalize him."

"We are willing to spend the least amount of money to keep a kid at home, more to put him in a foster home and the most to institutionalize him."

Marian Wright Edelman, American Activist

27

"My wife was delighted with the home I had given her amid the prairies of the far west."

"My wife was delighted with the home I had given her amid the prairies of the far west."

Buffalo Bill, American Celebrity

27

"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

27

"No one is worthy of a good home here or in heaven that is not willing to be in peril for a good cause."

"No one is worthy of a good home here or in heaven that is not willing to be in peril for a good cause."

John Mason Brown, American Critic

Home, Cause, Heaven

27

"My father was a CPA. He worked hard in the aircraft industry, and would come home more and more infrequently. He was about to leave my mother, which he did when I was 15."

"My father was a CPA. He worked hard in the aircraft industry, and would come home more and more infrequently. He was about to leave my mother, which he did when I was 15."

Jeremy Irons, English Actor

Home, Mother, Father

27

"Home life is a foreign environment for most guys. So it's natural to show them being idiots at home."

"Home life is a foreign environment for most guys. So it's natural to show them being idiots at home."

Patricia Heaton, American Actress

Home, Life, Being, Environment

27

"Iowa is home to teachers, farmers, lawyers, factory workers, and many others who work hard every day to provide the best for their families and their future."

"Iowa is home to teachers, farmers, lawyers, factory workers, and many others who work hard every day to provide the best for their families and their future."

Leonard Boswell, American Politician

Home, Work, Day, Future

27

"I think we're a deeper team, a better team, we still have work to do... nothing is guaranteed, but hopefully we got the mentality to play on the road, and we're starting to get our home thing back in order now-if we can do that we'll be just fine."

"I think we're a deeper team, a better team, we still have work to do... nothing is guaranteed, but hopefully we got the mentality to play on the road, and we're starting to get our home thing back in order now-if we can do that we'll be just fine."

Karl Malone, American Athlete

Home, Work, Nothing, Now

27

"Children who cling to parents or who don't want to leave home are stunted in their emotional, psychological growth."

"Children who cling to parents or who don't want to leave home are stunted in their emotional, psychological growth."

Dirk Benedict, American Actor

Home, Growth, Children, Parents

27

"I'm a real home girl."

"I'm a real home girl."

Lisa Snowdon, English Model

27

"When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters."

"When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters."

Dakota Fanning, American Actress

Home, Baby, Play, Sisters

27

"I can drink tea until the cows come home and I love the atmosphere in tea-shops."

"I can drink tea until the cows come home and I love the atmosphere in tea-shops."

Zola Budd, South African Athlete

Home, Love, Cows, Tea

27

"It's an old trick now, God knows, but it works every time. At the very moment women start to expand their place in the world, scientific studies deliver compelling reasons for them to stay home."

"It's an old trick now, God knows, but it works every time. At the very moment women start to expand their place in the world, scientific studies deliver compelling reasons for them to stay home."

Mary Kay Blakely, American Author

Home, Women, Time, God

27

"Believe me, you can get into a lot of trouble being sixteen years old in a foreign country with no adult telling you when to come home."

"Believe me, you can get into a lot of trouble being sixteen years old in a foreign country with no adult telling you when to come home."

Cameron Diaz, American Actress

Home, Being, Country, Old

27

"This profession has fed me creatively and allowed me to have a home life and a private life."

"This profession has fed me creatively and allowed me to have a home life and a private life."

Julia Barr, American Actress

Home, Life, Profession

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