#household

What has made this nation great? Not its heroes but its households. ↗

— Sarah Orne Jewett

#heroes #households #made #nation

Now, as always, the most automated appliance in a household is the mother. ↗

— Beverly Jones

#appliance #automated #household #most #mother

You grow up in a Sicilian household, becoming an actor is not a big leap. ↗

— Vincent Schiavelli

#becoming #big #grow #grow up #household

He greatly valued his possessions, chiefly because they were his, and derived genuine pleasure from contemplating a painting, a statuette, a rare lace curtain - no matter what - after he had bought it and placed it among his household gods. ↗

— Kate Chopin

#among #because #bought #chiefly #contemplating

The name of my ailment was longing, and it was not cured till I finally went to the department store and counted out the money in small coins before the dismayed clerk. When I came to the house, I held up the instrument before the eyes of the astonished household. ↗

— William Christopher Handy

#astonished #before #came #clerk #coins

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— E.A. Bucchianeri

#culture #culture-identity #culture-making #disclaimer #funny

The Postal Service's unmatched ability to reach every household and business in America six days a week is a vital part of the nation's infrastructure. ↗

— Joe Baca

#america #business #days #every #household

Instant telecommunication allows better and updated information, lessons learnt and problems encountered to be exchanged and debated, it alerts us more quickly to problems and brings to many households around the world visions and information which hopefully spur us to action. ↗

— Carol Bellamy

#alerts #allows #around #better #brings

During the Second World War, evacuated to non-Jewish households, I encountered Christianity at home and in school. ↗

— Lionel Blue

#during #encountered #home #households #i

If you grew up in a household with a football coach who looks like a drill sergeant, you would think you would be tough. ↗

— Brett Favre

#drill #football #football coach #grew #household