“You can almost see voters nodding their heads at home: The public's faith in politicians and political institutions has been on a steep and dangerous decline for decades, because elected leaders fail to deliver.” Has BeensHomePoliticalLeaderFailingDangerousPoliticianInstitutionsDecadesVotersDeclineSteepNoddingPolitical InstitutionsElected Leaders Author:Ron Fournier
“In the first decade of my life, I came to know and love God, as I was raised in a Christian home and community.” KnowsFirstsHomeChristianCommunityAnd LoveRaisedDecadesGod LoveChristian Home Author:Chely Wright
“In the past decade or so, the women's magazines have taken to running home-handyperson articles suggesting that women can learn to fix things just as well as men. These articles are apparently based on the ludicrous assumption that _men_ know how to fix things, when in fact all they know how to do is _look_ at things in a certain squinty-eyed manner, which they learned in Wood Shop; eventually, when enough things in the home are broken, they take a job requiring them to transfer to another home.” KnowsMenWellsEnoughFactsHomeRunningJobsPastCertainKnow HowTakenBrokenMen And WomenWoodsDecadesMagazinesAssumptionShopsArticlesTransfersSuggesting Author:Robert Briffault
“Our alliance with AARP provides valuable insights into the critical 50- plus consumer segment. For more than two decades, The Home Depot has delivered home improvement know-how to customers of all ages. With the help of AARP, our newest workshops will address the specific interests of customers 50 and over.” KnowsTwoHelpingHomeAgeInterestKnow HowValuableInsightCriticalCustomersDecadesImprovementConsumersAddressesPlusAlliancesWorkshopsHome Improvement Author:Robert Nardelli
“In 1992 I was doing one of my first ever tours and I was in Heathrow airport and I saw these middle-aged musicians who had clearly been on tour for decades, and they all looked haggard and unhappy and unhealthy. I vowed to myself that I would never be that person. Flash forward 20 years and I found myself in Heathrow looking haggard and unhappy and unhealthy. I decided I would rather spend my time staying home working on music and making dinner with friends, instead of spending six months in a hotel in a state of depressing suspended adolescence.” YearsFirstsPersonsStatesHomeFoundSawsMiddleMonthsSixMusicianDecidedDinnerSpendingDecadesUnhappyMy TimeHotelStayingFlashDepressingAdolescenceSix MonthsAirportsUnhealthySuspendedMiddle AgedHaggardDinner With Friends Author:Moby
“London has changed enormously and so have the English in the past decade. They're more like Americans and more like Europeans, too. They're always eating out, and when they're at home they don't cook the way they did ten years ago. They're all sitting around in cafés, like the Continentals, drinking coffee and chattering and watching the world go by.” WorldWayYearsHomePastChangedTenEatingSittingYears AgoDrinkingLondonDecadesCoffeeCooksSitting AroundDrinking CoffeeEating OutAlways Eating Author:Doris Lessing
“This is the age of the apartment. Not only in the great cities, but in the smaller centers of civilization the apartment has come to stay. ... A decade ago the apartment was considered a sorry makeshift in America, though it has been successful abroad for more years than you would believe.” YearsBelieveHas BeensHomeAgeAmericaCitiesSuccessfulCivilizationSorryDecadesApartmentGreat Cities Book:The House in Good Taste Source: The House in Good Taste
“By the end of the third decade of this century, all of American life - politics, international relations, our homes, our jobs, our industries, the kind of cars we drive - will be forever transformed by the climate and energy challenge.” KindEndsHomeJobsEnergyChallengesForeverCenturyCarIndustryThirdsRelationClimateClimate ChangeInternationalDecadesTransformedInternational RelationsAmerican Life Author:Joseph J. Romm