Quotes with home-maker

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  • Bruce Barton Many a man who pays rent all his life owns his own home; and many a family has successfully saved for a home only to find itself at last with nothing but a house.
    Bruce Barton
    American Author, Advertising Executive (1886 - 1967)
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  • Norman Douglas Many a man who thinks to found a home discovers that he has merely opened a tavern for his friends.
    Norman Douglas
    British Author (1868 - 1952)
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  • Arlie Russell Hochschild Many women cut back what had to be done at home by redefining what the house, the marriage and, sometimes, what the child needs. One woman described a fairly common pattern: I do my half. I do half of his half, and the rest doesn't get done.
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  • Jean Kerr Marrying a man is like buying something you've been admiring for a long time in a shop window. You may love it when you get it home, but it doesn't always go with everything else in the house.
    Jean Kerr
    American writer, playwright (1922 - 2003)
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  • Billie Jean King Men can have a huge turnover of sponsorship and still survive a lot better than the women. But the women's ratings are better, at least at home in the United States than in the men's tennis.
    Billie Jean King
    American tennis player (1943 - )
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  • Francis Bacon Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Carl Sagan Modern science has been a voyage into the unknown, with a lesson in humility waiting at every stop. Many passengers would rather have stayed home.
    Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space (1994)
    Carl Sagan
    American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist and author (1934 - 1996)
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  • Barry Ritholtz Most of Google's home technologies have failed to catch on in a major way.
    Barry Ritholtz
    American author and newspaper columnist
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  • Barbra Streisand My biggest nightmare is I'm driving home and get sick and go to hospital. I say: 'Please help me.' And the people say: 'Hey, you look like...' And I'm dying while they're wondering whether I'm Barbra Streisand.
    Barbra Streisand
    American singer, songwriter, actress, and filmmaker (1942 - )
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  • Casey Wilson My dad always said that 90 percent of marital problems could be solved by getting your blood sugar up, and he's right! So I would say pick a partner who's forgiving when you have low blood sugar and threaten to drive your car through your shared home.
    Casey Wilson
    American actress, comedian, and screenwriter (1980 - )
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  • Lee Trevino My divorce came to me as a complete surprise. That's what happens when you haven't been home in eighteen years.
    Lee Trevino
    American golfer (1939 - )
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  • Bernard L. Schwartz My father was an entrepreneur - a sign maker, and he had about 20 employees - and often he'd take me to business meetings, and I would listen to him talk with his workers and customers. We would also talk a lot about business over dinner.
    Bernard L. Schwartz
    American businessman (1925 - )
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  • Barbara Cooney My favorite days were when I had a cold and could stay home from school and draw all day long.
    Barbara Cooney
    American writer and illustrator (1917 - 2000)
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  • Carson Daly My girlfriend Siri is a food blogger, and we both love to entertain and eat. This is what happens when you're in your thirties: what was once a passion and real appetite for nightlife in New York City manifests itself into other things, like entertaining at home.
    Carson Daly
    American television host, radio personality and producer (1973 - )
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  • E. Coke My home is my castle.
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  • Lois McMaster Bujold My home is not a place, it is people.
    Lois McMaster Bujold
    American speculative fiction writer
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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne My home...It is my retreat and resting place from wars, I try to keep this corner as a haven against the tempest outside, as I do another corner in my soul.
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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  • Barbara Corcoran My husband had a very strong identity and was successful in his life. Thank God for that. There's no way I can control him. I wouldn't stay married to him if I felt I could. I can readily take my business personality into the home. But he forces me to be a partner rather than the boss.
    Barbara Corcoran
    American businesswoman, investor, speaker and consultant (1949 - )
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  • Becki Newton My husband is in charge of all phone, email and texting duties at home. He even has to turn on the TV and air conditioning because I'm so hopeless with technology.
    Becki Newton
    American actress (1978 - )
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  • Boo Weekley My main aim is getting set up so that when I do quit, I can step away and re-evaluate what I want to do in life. Do I want to get to 50 years old and come back? Or will I just want to go home and be fishing, hunting and working around the house?
    Boo Weekley
    American professional golfer (1973 - )
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