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"I told the umpires to walk back at least thirty-five feet from home plate. That reduced the arguements."

"I told the umpires to walk back at least thirty-five feet from home plate. That reduced the arguements."

Bill Klem, American Athlete

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

"Consultant: any ordinary guy more than fifty miles from home."

"Consultant: any ordinary guy more than fifty miles from home."

Eric Sevareid, American Journalist

27

"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

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

"The structure of a play is always the story of how the birds came home to roost."

"The structure of a play is always the story of how the birds came home to roost."

Arthur Miller, American Playwright

Home, Birds, Play

27

"Home is where the heart is."

"Home is where the heart is."

Pliny the Elder, Roman Author

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

"I don't want to sell myself short. You hurt your spouse, not so much by the infidelity, but by the negative feelings about yourself that you bring home."

"I don't want to sell myself short. You hurt your spouse, not so much by the infidelity, but by the negative feelings about yourself that you bring home."

Michael Zaslow, American Actor

Home, Feelings, Negative, Hurt

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

"For a lot of people, the weekly paycheck is 'take-home pay' because home is the only place they can afford to go with it."

"For a lot of people, the weekly paycheck is 'take-home pay' because home is the only place they can afford to go with it."

Charles A. Jaffe, American Journalist

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 have a VA hospital back home in St. Louis. Like many of our colleagues, we hear continued concerns about the access and the service. I have seen a statistic that more than 60,000 veterans today are waiting more than 6 months for an appointment at a VA hospital."

"We have a VA hospital back home in St. Louis. Like many of our colleagues, we hear continued concerns about the access and the service. I have seen a statistic that more than 60,000 veterans today are waiting more than 6 months for an appointment at a VA hospital."

Russ Carnahan, American Politician

Home, Months, Service, Today

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

"You can go home with a lot of money with absolutely no skill."

"You can go home with a lot of money with absolutely no skill."

Howie Mandel, Canadian Comedian

Home, Money, Skill

27

"What is there in this big wide world for a man to talk about with certainty besides his homeland, home and family?"

"What is there in this big wide world for a man to talk about with certainty besides his homeland, home and family?"

Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Cameroonian Author

Home, Family, Certainty, Life, Identity

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

"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

"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

27

"Our foyer has a funny smell that doesn't smell like anyplace else. I don't know what the hell it is. It isn't cauliflower and it isn't perfume-I don't know what the hell it is-but you always know you're home."

"Our foyer has a funny smell that doesn't smell like anyplace else. I don't know what the hell it is. It isn't cauliflower and it isn't perfume-I don't know what the hell it is-but you always know you're home."

J.D. Salinger, American Politician

Home, Memory, Comfort, Familiarity

27

"Always be nice to your children because they are the ones who will choose your rest home."

"Always be nice to your children because they are the ones who will choose your rest home."

Phyllis Diller, American Comedian

Home, Children, Rest, Will

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

"At home I've got a very puerile, juvenile sense of humour."

"At home I've got a very puerile, juvenile sense of humour."

Thom Yorke, English Musician

27

"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

27

"I knew I wanted children in my life. The acting was always in relation to it. Life at home is chaos. They're wonderful. They're such interesting human beings. I just love it. I'm lucky."

"I knew I wanted children in my life. The acting was always in relation to it. Life at home is chaos. They're wonderful. They're such interesting human beings. I just love it. I'm lucky."

Annette Bening, American Actress

Home, Life, Love, Acting

27

"For my constituents, owning a home is the culmination of many years of hard work and the realization of the American Dream. At no time should a local entity take those years of hard work solely to increase their tax revenue."

"For my constituents, owning a home is the culmination of many years of hard work and the realization of the American Dream. At no time should a local entity take those years of hard work solely to increase their tax revenue."

Solomon Ortiz, American Politician

Home, Time, Work, Dream

26

"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

26

"Ancient recipients of instant news probably couldn't do very much about it, for instance. Xerxes would still need three months to get his army together, and he might not get home for years."

"Ancient recipients of instant news probably couldn't do very much about it, for instance. Xerxes would still need three months to get his army together, and he might not get home for years."

Peter Singer, Australian Philosopher

Home, Army, Months, News

26

"It's about, I did talk about my life in broad strokes and what home meant to me in order to really explore the subject of home and can you go back and what that means for people in that sense of community that we've lost."

"It's about, I did talk about my life in broad strokes and what home meant to me in order to really explore the subject of home and can you go back and what that means for people in that sense of community that we've lost."

Sela Ward, American Actress

Home, Life, People, Community

26

"It is better for a woman to compete impersonally in society, as men do, than to compete for dominance in her own home with her husband, compete with her neighbors for empty status, and so smother her son that he cannot compete at all."

"It is better for a woman to compete impersonally in society, as men do, than to compete for dominance in her own home with her husband, compete with her neighbors for empty status, and so smother her son that he cannot compete at all."

Betty Friedan, American Activist

Home, Men, Society, Husbson

26

"In the mind, in the heart, I was always home. I always imagined, really, going back home."

"In the mind, in the heart, I was always home. I always imagined, really, going back home."

Miriam Makeba, South African Musician

Home, Heart, Mind

26

"You put him in front of 50,000 people, he's at home."

"You put him in front of 50,000 people, he's at home."

Joseph Jackson, American Businessman

26

"I was married to Margaret Joan Howe in 1940. Although not a scientist herself she has contributed more to my work than anyone else by providing a peaceful and happy home."

"I was married to Margaret Joan Howe in 1940. Although not a scientist herself she has contributed more to my work than anyone else by providing a peaceful and happy home."

Frederick Sanger, English Scientist

26

"I speak relatively little, except when I'm at home and I'm asking for things."

"I speak relatively little, except when I'm at home and I'm asking for things."

Roger Moore, English Actor

26

"Muslim delegates concerned about rights in Palestine could have brought their enthusiasm closer to home by addressing the fate of black Christians being slaughtered and enslaved in the Sudan."

"Muslim delegates concerned about rights in Palestine could have brought their enthusiasm closer to home by addressing the fate of black Christians being slaughtered and enslaved in the Sudan."

Jack Schwartz, American Scientist

Home, Enthusiasm, Muslim, Being

26

"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

26

"If they had a social gospel in the days of the prodigal son, somebody would have given him a bed and a sandwich and he never would have gone home."

"If they had a social gospel in the days of the prodigal son, somebody would have given him a bed and a sandwich and he never would have gone home."

Vance Havner, American Evangelist

26

"No, people back home don't realize why there is this kind of need for heroes in America at the moment. People in Britain don't really understand what's going on here. They don't understand why Camp X-ray exists."

"No, people back home don't realize why there is this kind of need for heroes in America at the moment. People in Britain don't really understand what's going on here. They don't understand why Camp X-ray exists."

Jon Ronson, Welsh Journalist

Home, People, America, Heroes

26

"What power can poverty have over a home where loving hearts are beating with a consciousness of untold riches of the head and heart?"

"What power can poverty have over a home where loving hearts are beating with a consciousness of untold riches of the head and heart?"

Orison Swett Marden, American Writer

Home, Power, Heart, Consciousness

26

"I'm not squeamish at all. As a child I dragged a dead squirrel home on my skateboard and cut it open and tried to look at its brain."

"I'm not squeamish at all. As a child I dragged a dead squirrel home on my skateboard and cut it open and tried to look at its brain."

Jessica Biel, American Actress

26

"When did it - When did it become okay for someone to hit home runs and forget how to play the rest of the game?"

"When did it - When did it become okay for someone to hit home runs and forget how to play the rest of the game?"

Ryne Sandberg, American Athlete

Home, Forget, Play, Rest

26

"It's also much clearer how much damage the occupation of Iraq is doing to America's reputation and prestige around the world; and that's just starting now to hit home in the United States."

"It's also much clearer how much damage the occupation of Iraq is doing to America's reputation and prestige around the world; and that's just starting now to hit home in the United States."

Peter Singer, Australian Philosopher

Home, America, Iraq, Now

26

"On tour, you never have a home, you don't get used to anything, and you're always super busy."

"On tour, you never have a home, you don't get used to anything, and you're always super busy."

Travis Barker, American Musician

26

"Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere."

"Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere."

Jean Rhys, English Novelist

26

"This was an important part of my life. But it was also sad that we didn't play there, cause we had such alot of fans that were waiting for us and Brazilians are great people. It's now my second home."

"This was an important part of my life. But it was also sad that we didn't play there, cause we had such alot of fans that were waiting for us and Brazilians are great people. It's now my second home."

Jim Capaldi, British Musician

Home, Life, People, Cause

26

"Sins, like chickens, come home to roost."

"Sins, like chickens, come home to roost."

Charles W. Chesnutt, American Novelist

26

"My father had retained an emotional affection for the ceremonial of his parental home, without allowing it to influence his intellectual freedom."

"My father had retained an emotional affection for the ceremonial of his parental home, without allowing it to influence his intellectual freedom."

Franz Boas, American Scientist

Home, Father, Affection, Freedom

26

"I use nothing but the best ingredients. My cookies are always baked fresh. I price cookies so that you cannot make them at home for any less. And I still give cookies away."

"I use nothing but the best ingredients. My cookies are always baked fresh. I price cookies so that you cannot make them at home for any less. And I still give cookies away."

Debbi Fields, American Businessman

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