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“I took the first James Kelman novel, 'The Bus Conductor Hines', home to my dad. I thought, 'My dad will like this; it's written in Scots.' But my dad said: 'I can't read that.' He was reading James Bond and John le Carre. That was part of what attracted me to crime - the idea of getting a wide audience.”

Firsts Said I Can Ideas Home Reading Novel Audience Written Crime Dad My Dad Wide Bus Conductor Scots

Author:Ian Rankin

“The earth is all the home I have, the heavens my wide roof-tree”

Home Earth Heaven Tree Environmental Wide Roof

Book:Poems of William Edmondstoune Aytoun

Source: Poems of William Edmondstoune Aytoun

“I have much more confidence in the charity which begins in the home and diverges into a large humanity, than in the world-wide philanthropy which begins at the outside of our horizon to converge into egotism.”

World Home Humanity Charity Wide Horizon Philanthropy Egotism

Book:A commonplace book of thoughts, memories and fancies, original and selected

Source: A commonplace book of thoughts, memories and fancies, original and selected

“Faith I have, in myself, in humanity, in the worthwhileness of the pursuits in entertainment for the masses. But wide awake, not blind faith, moves me. My operations are based on experience, thoughtful observation and warm fellowship with my neighbors at home and around the world.”

World Home Dream Moving Humanity Mass Blind Entertainment Warm Wide Neighbor Pursuit Observation Around The World Operations Awake Thoughtful Fellowship Blind Faith Wide Awake

Author:Walt Disney

“Oxus, forgetting the bright speed he had In his high mountain cradle in Pamere, A foiled circuitous wanderertill at last The longed-for dash of waves is heard, and wide His luminous home of waters opens, bright And tranquil, from whose floor the new-bathed stars Emerge, and shine upon the Aral Sea.”

Home Lasts Stars Water Forget Heard Sea Mountain Shining Wave Wide Speed Cradle Luminous Tranquil

Author:Matthew Arnold

“travel never made a bore interesting; it only makes for a well-traveled bore, in the same way coffee makes for a wide-awake drunk. In fact, the more a bore travels, the worse he gets. The only advantage in it for his friends and family is that he isn't home as much.”

Way Wells Made Facts Home Interesting Advantage Wide Coffee Drunk Awake Bores Traveled Family And Friends Wide Awake

Book:But I Wouldn't Have Missed it for the World!: The Pleasures and Perils of an Unseasoned Traveler

Source: But I Wouldn't Have Missed it for the World!: The Pleasures and Perils of an Unseasoned Traveler

“I've got a pretty wide range of stuff that I'm interested in in life. But producing... it gives me a lot more time at home to spend with my family as opposed to being away on location shooting nights for months at a time.”

Giving Home Night Stuff Months My Family Give Me Wide Shooting Range More Time Location

Author:Mark Wahlberg