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A home is a place of residence or refuge. When it refers to a building, it is usually a place in which an individual or a family can live and store personal property. Most modern-day households contain sanitary facilities and a means of preparing food. Animals have their own homes as well, either living in the wild or shared with humans in a domesticated environment. "Home" is also used to refer to the geographical area (whether it be a suburb, town, city or country) in which a person grew up or feels they belong, or it can refer to the native habitat of a wild animal. Sometimes, as an alternative to the definition of "home" as a physical locale ("Home is where you hang your hat"), home may be perceived to have no physical location, instead, home may relate instead to a mental or emotional state of refuge or comfort. Popular sayings along these lines are "Home is where the heart is" or "You can never go home again".

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Famous quotes containing the word home:

    Jen: All the other boys fall over themselves and never even get to first base.
    Cory: Did you ever think, Jen, that I might not want to get to first base?
    Jen: Of course not. You’re out to make a home run.
    Blake Edwards (b. 1922)

    Bring a wife home to your house when you are of the right age, not far short of 30 years, nor much above; this is the right time for marriage.
    Hesiod (c. 8th century B.C.)

    I gleaned jests at home from obsolete farces.
    Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)