904 private quotes tagged home

“My wife and I had decided not to let anybody take pictures of our home because it was just the last place on earth we had that was unscathed. But people have climbed over the fence they've taken aerial shots. They've gotten my address and put it on the Internet.” — Steven Tyler

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“Most of American life consists of driving somewhere and then returning home, wondering why the hell you went.” — John Updike

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“I do have 14 tattoos, but I also do come home every single night and watch reality TV with my cat.” — Lea Michele

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“I'm a firm believer that lighting affects mood, and twinkly lights on strings bring something magical to occasions ranging from concerts to weddings, though I'm fond of using them as year-round home decor. There's a reason why they're sometimes called fairy lights. When the night is right, there aren't any strings at all.” — Erin Morgenstern

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“Being from Africa is the best thing that could have ever, ever happened to me. I cannot see it any other way. All of my fundamental principles that were instilled in me in my home, from my childhood, are still with me.” — Hakeem Olajuwon

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“I think I started learning lessons about being a good person long before I ever knew what basketball was. And that starts in the home, it starts with the parental influence.” — Julius Erving

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“His claim to his home is deep, but there are too many ghosts. He must absorb without being absorbed.” — Willie Morris

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“The only instrument I can play is piano. Whenever I make songs at home, I play the piano and make them on the piano.” — Yoko Ono

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“When I was 14, I felt very rundown I had a home to go to, but I felt like I was 60 or something, older than I feel now. And I don't know if it's something that happens at 14, or whether it was adolescence or whether I was gay, or closeted gay, or whatever it was, I felt that.” — Gus Van Sant

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“The best thing for me is, when I'm not working, is to be at home and to have a script or two scripts is better, and to be just walking around the house and just thinking about the lines.” — Christopher Walken

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“The people recognize themselves in their commodities they find their soul in their automobile, hi-fi set, split-level home, kitchen equipment.” — Herbert Marcuse

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“Most fathers don't see the war within the daughter, her struggles with conflicting images of the idealized and flawed father, her temptation both to retreat to Daddy's lap and protection and to push out of his embrace to that of beau and the world beyond home.” — Victoria Secunda

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“When I met my husband, I refused to invite him home for Passover because I was embarrassed my mother might serve all the catered dishes in the wrong order.” — Erica Jong

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“When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home.” — S. E. Hinton

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“But as far as Twitter, I'll be in a restaurant and I'll get home and somebody tweeted and they talked about what I ordered and what I was wearing. In some cases, that could be dangerous, because you don't want everybody to know where you are every second of every day.” — Carrie Underwood

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“I often feel very guilty because of the time that I spend outside of my home and the little time that sometimes I have for my kids.” — Antonio Banderas

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“We have to judge politicians by their cumulative score. In one innings they make a great catch, in another they drop the ball. In one they score a home run, in another they strike out. But it is their cumulative batting average that we are interested in.” — Jesse Jackson

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“I'm a private person too, and we don't ever film anything in our home because it's off limits. It's like letting people see your messy house.” — Carrie Underwood

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“If you're not a competitor, you've just got to go home.” — Venus Williams

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“Once I am in the square circle, I am in my home.” — Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

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“A man's home may seem to be his castle on the outside inside is more often his nursery.” — Clare Boothe Luce

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“I can write pretty much anywhere if you give me time and some quiet. The home is not usually the best place because I have four children. It's usually pandemonium around here!” — Harlan Coben

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“Women are oppressed in the east, in the west, in the south, in the north. Women are oppressed inside, outside home, a woman is oppressed in religion, she is oppressed outside religion.” — Taslima Nasrin

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“In Afghanistan, there is a plan to build democracy hundreds of thousands of troops are protecting it. There is a plan to rebuild and reconstruct there. But many thousands of Americans die from violence and poverty every year and we don't have a plan for reconstruction at home.” — Jesse Jackson

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“I always knew who I was and where I had come from. I was not looking for a home in other people's lands.” — V. S. Naipaul

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