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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
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- Nov 07, 2020
When one stops working at the height of one's career, it's just stupid not to say, 'I want to make sure I have a house.'
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't expect to be so comfortable handing my child off to a nanny without getting any of her information. As soon as she arrived at my house, I threw my baby in her arms and went to Target.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn't change people's habits. It just kept them inside the house.
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- Nov 07, 2020
My junior year, I went to an LSAT-prep course. I flipped over my test and thought, 'You bastards.' I walked out and went to Waffle House. That's where I had what I call 'The Waffle House Epiphany': I didn't want to be a lawyer. I wanted to make a dent in the universe.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Did I get to go to my friends' houses and eat junk food? Sure. And I'm a great cook. And, guess what? There's no prepared food in my house.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been going to Granada for many years and 12 years ago bought a house a few miles outside the city.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remembered staffing a volunteer table for ACT UP in San Francisco's Castro neighborhood in 1991, on the corner of Castro and 18th Street, and on my table were posters, stickers, and t-shirts that bore the same slogan in all caps - ACT UP slogan house style. I wore one of those shirts to model for passers-by.
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father had the same name as me but he was known as Alec. He was a member of the House of Representatives.
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