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		I was studying at Stanford University with two quarters left to go before receiving an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering. Then, I got the telephone call from my mother. I had no choice. I went home, and I jumped into the company feet first, right from day one. There was no time to grieve my father.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Azim Premji
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Even in the stifling bosom of the town,
A garden, in which nothing thrives, has charms
That soothes the rich possessor; much consol'd,
That here and there some sprigs of mournful mint,
Or nightshade, or valerian, grace the well
He cultivates.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				William Cowper
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Today, I can report that, as promised, the rest of our troops in Iraq will come home by the end of the year.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Barack Obama
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Have to love the preemptive guilt trip! I will be visiting home for Mother's Day. Hoping for minimal "baby cannon" talk, but realistically that's going to be a big part of the day.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Kate Siegel
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I feel at home in an orchestral score.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Placido Domingo
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Home-plate collisions are something you cannot ignore.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Joe Torre
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
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		Witnessing the bond between a parent and their little ones firsthand really brought home to me how much I was missing.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Jillian Michaels
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I am from Spain, but my family and I have made America our home. For the last 17 years, I have been cooking Spanish food in Washington, D.C.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Jose Andres
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		One of the most fruitless, irritating wastes in the world is arguing-the contentious, endless kind of arguing that is akin to quarreling, and causes feuding in families and among friends, and leaves resentful feeling in homes, in hearts, in businesses and professions, and in all kinds of gatherings in public and private places, and in all relationships of life-and with so little that it ever seems to settle!
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Richard L. Evans
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I actually started singing in church when I was about five years old. I remember looking at the choirs and just hearing all of those great big beautiful voices. And there was this one woman who could just wail. And I remember trying to sing like her when I was like going home.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Kelly Rowland
			
			
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		For me, having a daughter made me much more efficient and productive. I would wake up in the morning trying to figure out how to organize my day so that I could get home. The phone calls with friends, the lunches out with colleagues - all of that got scrapped so that I could be as efficient and productive as possible.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Valerie Jarrett
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Back in early 1983, my dad was tasked with keeping unions from organizing in his company's distribution centers. His work pulled him away from home for months on end.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Jen Lancaster