- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Home Quotes
On comfort, safety and the pull of staying home.
These quotes look at home as both refuge and responsibility: the shock of no longer feeling safe in a place that once felt untouchable, and a quieter preference for staying in over going out. For more, see our Family quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad was assistant governor of the prison, so there were times when he would bring some of that discipline home. He was the enforcer, whereas my mother, who was a stay-at-home mum, was always the pacifier.
- Greatest Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
Playing a Test in front of my home crowd at the Rec was the greatest feeling of my career. It was the first time I felt pressure on me to perform, because I wanted to do so well.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
My ideal destination is a place where my family is; it could be anywhere in the world and it’ll still be home.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents were very supportive of my chess. When I got home after a game of chess, having missed school or something, they always made me feel very welcome; I didn't feel guilty at all about pursuing chess with such fervour. They never, for instance, perceived sports as a rival to academics.
- Exciting Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's an exciting time in the world - democracy, in all its different shapes, is rolling around to new countries all the time. To have a chance to shape the democracy in my home country is an honor.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Having three kids at home is sometimes like dealing with Democrats and Republicans when you're choosing a restaurant.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did a great deal of research to write 'The Irish Duke.' Since all the people in this Lords of the Realm series are real historical characters, everything had to be authentic. I researched Woburn Abbey, where my heroine lived, and everything about Barons Court in Ireland, which was the ancestral home of Abercorn.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not a nerd, obviously. Do I look like one? I'm not someone who sits at home and doesn't like to go out, doesn't like to watch movies. I like to live my life.
- Parent
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- Nov 07, 2020
In addition, the bill passed by the House requires a person performing an abortion on a minor from a different state to notify one parent in the home state.
- Farms
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always went to Ireland as a child. I remember trips to Dundalk, Wexford, Cork and Dublin. My gran was born in Dublin, and we had a lot of Irish friends, so we'd stay on their farms and go fishing. They were fantastic holidays - being outdoors all day and coming home to a really warm welcome in the evenings.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I signed schoolboy forms for Watford when I was 12, but then my parents got divorced, and I never kicked a ball for three years. I rebelled, I left home, but getting back into football sorted me out. It was the second chance I needed.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents took an interest in nothing, at home no books, no records. My mother and my father are the emblem of indifference, dryness and bad taste. My father is also terribly stingy, in life as well as in feelings: I have never seen him filling up the bathtub.
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020