Quotes with home-front

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  • Evelyn Waugh Anyone who has been to an English public school will always feel comparatively at home in prison. It is the people brought up in the gay intimacy of the slums who find prison so soul-destroying.
    Evelyn Waugh
    British novelist (1903 - 1966)
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  • Bret Easton Ellis Are you as much of a criminal if you don't act when there's a crime taking place in front of you as you are one of the participants? That was something that I was thinking about a lot because there are many moments in 'Less Than Zero' where horrific things happen and Clay could do something about them, but his passivity stops him.
    Bret Easton Ellis
    American author, screenwriter, short-story writer, and director (1964 - )
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  • Samuel Butler Arguments are like fire-arms which a man may keep at home but should not carry about with him.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • Roseanne Barr As a housewife, I feel that if the kids are still alive when my husband gets home from work, then hey, I've done my job.
    Roseanne Barr
    American actress and actress (1952 - )
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  • Bryan Batt As a rule, I try to avoid the French Quarter because of the crowds, especially Bourbon Street. But hey, some people love it. A great, wild, adult thing to see is the costume competition in front of the bar Oz on Bourbon early morning on Fat Tuesday.
    Bryan Batt
    American actor (1963 - )
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  • Margaret Oliphant As for pictures and museums, that don't trouble me. The worst of going abroad is that you've always got to look at things of that sort. To have to do it at home would be beyond a joke.
    Margaret Oliphant
    British writer, historian (1828 - 1897)
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  • Buzz Aldrin As someone who flew two space capsules and twice landed in the ocean, I can attest from personal experience how much logistics work is needed to get you home.
    Buzz Aldrin
    American former astronaut, engineer and fighter (1930 - )
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  • Asne Seierstad As the only woman, I was able to sit with the officers in front, with a glass of vodka in one hand and a cucumber in the other. That's how I went to my first war.
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  • Samuel Johnson As the Spanish proverb says, ''He who would bring home the wealth of the Indies, must carry the wealth of the Indies with him.'' So it is in travelling; a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Beeban Kidron At 99 and after a long stay in a nursing home, the death of legendary photographer Eve Arnold was hardly a surprise - though she may have been just a little annoyed to quit a few months short of 100.
    Beeban Kidron
    British filmmaker (1961 - )
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  • Ann Landers At every party there are two kinds of people - those who want to go home and those who don't. The trouble is, they are usually married to each other.
    Ann Landers
    American columnist (1918 - 2002)
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  • Bennie Thompson At home I have hunting magazines on my nightstand. I'm an avid hunter. I hunt every chance I get.
    Bennie Thompson
    American politician (1948 - )
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  • Anna Held At home in Paris I take a milk bath two times a week, but here on the road it is more difficult. I miss them.
    Anna Held
    Polish-born stage performer and singer (1872 - 1918)
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  • Harold Macmillan At home you always have to be a politician. When you're abroad you almost feel yourself a statesman.
    Harold Macmillan
    British Conservative politician, prime minister (1894 - 1986)
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  • Carlo Collodi At such a loving invitation, Pinocchio, with one leap from the back of the orchestra, found himself in the front rows. With another leap, he was on the orchestra leader's head. With a third, he landed on the stage.
    Pinocchio
    Carlo Collodi
    Italian author, humorist and journalist (1826 - 1890)
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  • Bill Forsyth At the moment, my mother is the only one left in Glasgow, although it's certainly my home.
    Bill Forsyth
    Scottish film director and writer (1946 - )
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  • Alan Jay Lerner Back home everyone said I didn't have any talent. They might be saying the same thing here but it sounds better in French.
    Alan Jay Lerner
    American film screenwriter (1918 - 1986)
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  • Alan Jay Lerner Back home everyone said I didn't have any talent. They might be saying the same thing here but it sounds better in French.
    Alan Jay Lerner
    American screenwriter and songwriter (1918 - 1986)
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  • Hesiod Badness you can get easily, in quantity; the road is smooth, and it lies close by, But in front of excellence the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steer is the way to it.
    Hesiod
    Greek poet
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  • Woody Allen Basically my wife was immature. I'd be at home in the bath and she would come in and sink my boats.
    Woody Allen
    American movie director and actor (1935 - )
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