“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.” HomeWestSouthEastOppressed Author:Taslima Nasrin
“With my hours, I don't hang out with anybody. I work and come home to my Upper West Side apartment.” HomeSidesHoursWestHanging OutComing HomeApartmentWest Side Author:Joe Scarborough
“It was always a challenge for me to prove that a Russian financial investor can be as successful in the West as back at home in Russia.” HomeChallengesSuccessfulProveWestFinancialRussiaInvestors Author:Alisher Usmanov
“However useful may be the National Parks and Forests of the West for those affording the Pullman fare to reach them, what is needed by the bulk of the American population is something nearer home.” MayHomeNeededBenefitsWestPopulationForestsParksNational ParksAffording Author:Benton MacKaye
“The arrival of the Barbary pirates radically changed English attitudes. Instead of patriotic pirates plundering foreign cargoes and bringing them homes to enrich their countrymen, the 'Turks' were in the usual Mediterranean business of slave-raiding - and now the English were the victims. The West Country men suffered the heaviest, and did not appreciate the irony. The Newfoundland fishery, dominated by Devon ports, lost at least 20 ships in 1611 alone.” MenCountryHomeLostAttitudeChangedAppreciateVictimSlaveWestShipsIronyPatrioticUsualPiratePortArrivalsCountrymenDevonFisheriesRaiding Author:Nicholas Rodger
“Californians tend to be outspoken. When the great migration began, the more timid people must have stayed home, and the bolder ones headed west.” PeopleHomeWestCaliforniaMigrationOutspokenCalifornians Author:Shana Alexander
“Every sea-captain who sailed to the West Indies was expected to bring home a turtle on the return voyage for a feast to his expectant friends.” HomeSeaReturnWestExpectedCaptainsVoyagesTurtlesWest Indies Book:Stage-coach and Tavern Days Source: Stage-coach and Tavern Days