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- Nov 07, 2020
House Quotes
The homes people leave, and why.
Not every house quote here is about comfort — one describes real backlash a filmmaker faced over a controversial title, while another speaks to moving comfortably between very different social settings. See Love quotes for the gentler side of home life.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Mess
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first novel I wrote, 'The White House Mess,' was a comic novel. It came out in 1986. It was a parody in the form of a White House memoir.
- George Bush
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had worked for George Bush as a speechwriter, and I read a lot of White House memoirs. They all have two themes: 'It Wasn't My Fault' and 'It Would Have Been Much Worse if I Hadn't Been There.'
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
After having dispatched a meal, I went ashore, and found no habitation save a single house, and that without an occupant; we had no doubt that the people had fled in terror at our approach, as the house was completely furnished.
- Daughter
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're a 100-percent-organic house. My daughter is a vegetarian and practically vegan. That's her choice. That's how she eats. We're really conscious about what we buy.
- Entwined
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- Nov 07, 2020
For a few years, skeins of yarn piled up in baskets around the house. There weren't enough humans in my mother's orbit to wear all the scarves and sweaters and hats she knitted. And then, as suddenly as she started, she lost interest, leaving needles still entwined in half-finished fragments.
- Fan
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was definitely a 'Full House' fan.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
For years, I hated myself. I covered the mirrors in my house. I literally couldn't have a mirror in my room.
- Dance
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- Nov 07, 2020
I crank up the music, and I dance around the house.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had an allowance, but I had to do things around the house to earn it. I think I always wanted my own money.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I get nervous cooking for our little house party barbecues. I'm very insecure with my cooking. I tend to throw things away that I'm scared of serving, even though they might be great.
- Want
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- Nov 07, 2020
We've had a tone-deaf White House that does not want to be reasonable. President Obama won't meet with the Republicans. It's all his way.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020