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Recently, I have come to assume that any call to my landline is fr

Recently, I have come to assume that any call to my landline is from a telemarketer or an automated call from Terminex, letting me know that our regularly scheduled pest-extermination service will occur on its regular schedule. So I usually ignore my home phone. – Susan Orlean

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I work at home, in the country, and days will go by when, except for my husband and son and the occasional UPS man, the only sentient creatures that see me are my chickens and turkeys. – Susan Orlean

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Buying a car used to be an experience so soul-scorching, so confidence-splattering, so existentially rattling that an entire car company was based on the promise that you wouldnt have to come in contact with it. – Susan Orlean

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car
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The first thing I think about when I wake up most mornings is the fact that Im tired. I have been tired for decades. I am tired in the morning and I am tired while becalmed in the slough of the afternoon, and I am tired in the evening, except right when I try to go to sleep. – Susan Orlean

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The average husband enjoys the total effect of his home but is usually unable to contribute any of the details of work and organisation that make it enjoyable. – Havelock Ellis

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I was taught a lot of Bible at home and had a voracious appetite for reading the Bible. – Amy Grant

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You cant control the paparazzi. But if you go to Coachella youre going to get photographed. Whereas if youre at home, walking down the street you probably wont. Its something Ive learnt to navigate my way around but I try to keep my private life private. – Ashley Greene

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I still cook at home. A lot of chefs I think dont cook at home. But I still do, I love cooking at home, I love having friends. – Rene Redzepi

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The man who says his evening prayer is a captain posting his sentinels. He can sleep. – Charles Baudelaire

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Now I say that if you run more than 15 miles a week, its for something other than aerobic fitness. Once you pass 15 miles, you do not see much further improvement. – Kenneth H. Cooper

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I believe that it is irresponsible, it is basically part of the crisis of leadership in D.C. to not look at Social Security and understand that there has got to be a solution posed. Weve got to take a look at it and make sure that we create a solution so our seniors arent left out in the cold. – Joe Miller

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Normal is not something to aspire to, its something to get away from. – Jodie Foster

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