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Why consider debates in the English House of Commons in 1628 along with documents on American developments in the late eighteenth century? The juxtaposition is not capricious, because the Commons during this period generated many of the ideas that were later embodied in the government of the United States. Edmund Morgan

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I grew up thinking that renting is perfectly normal. And then, strangely enough, I never did buy a house. I live in New York City, and I'm still renting. My own personal narrative shows that it is possible to live a respectable life without ever having owned a home. Edmund Phelps

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If I could only remember that the days were, not bricks to be laid row on row, to be built into a solid house, where one might dwell in safety and peace, but only food for the fires of the heart. Edmund Wilson

I make a genuine distinction between loneliness and aloneness. I know what each is like. There are times I'm lonely. But there are also many times when I need to be alone, when I don't want the feeling of someone else in the house other than the cats. Edward Bryant

I had a very happy childhood. But I was sent off to boarding school at quite a young age, this massive Victorian house that was suffocated in ivy. I think there is a part of that school in 'Heap House.' Edward Carey

I have a little brother. He's actually living at my house right now. He's going to be 18. Edward Furlong

Living Brother He House Going Little Little Brother Now Actually Right

Black bears, though, are not fearsome. I encountered one on the road to my house in Vermont, alone at night. I picked up two stones just in case, but I wasn't afraid of him. I felt a hunter's exhilaration and a brotherly feeling. Edward Hoagland

Alone Black Feeling Though Hunter Brotherly Case Fearsome Bears Picked Road House Him Felt Vermont Exhilaration Encountered Up Stones Just Afraid Night Two

There is a sort of elation about sunlight on the upper part of a house. Edward Hopper

Sunlight About Part House Sort Upper Elation

The federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act passed unanimously in the House, won 97 votes in the Senate, and was signed into law by President Bill Clinton. Twenty states have passed their own versions of this law, and 11 additional ones have religious-liberty protections that state courts have interpreted to provide a similar level of protection. Edwin Meese

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After Ann Godoff, who was editor-in-chief at Random House, left and went to Viking, I got to know Viking and the people there, and liked them very much. I also found a wonderful editor there, Wendy Wolf. It's a very congenial press. Elaine Pagels

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I have always put my own money into Tails of Joy. For years, every time a dog walked by, my husband would say, 'There goes our beach house.' Elayne Boosler

I've always dreamed of having a year-round haunted house. Eli Roth

Dreamed Haunted Having House Always Year-Round

When I lived in Boston, I had an office that I rented because I found it wonderful to go away from my house to work: It was so quiet, and I couldn't go to the refrigerator or do the laundry. Elizabeth Berg

Work Wonderful Go Away Laundry Boston Had House Because Go Quiet Office Refrigerator Lived Found Away

As a child, I saw my mother prepare for Christmas every year, and it never occurred to me that labor was involved. I thought it was my mother's joy and privilege to hang tinsel on the tree strand by strand, to make sure that every room in the house had a touch of Christmas, down to the Santa-themed rug and hand towels in the bathroom. Elizabeth Berg

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I like my house to feel like a place where I can just lie back and say, 'Ahhhhh, I'm home.' Elizabeth Berg

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If I'm on the road for Random House, I'm presenting a book with the hope people will buy it. Elizabeth Berg

Buy Hope Book People Random Will Road House Presenting

It often happens that you leave your house in the dark, shoot on a sound stage without natural lighting, and then go home in the dark. A whole week can go past, and it can feel like 12 hours. Elizabeth Debicki

Having bought furniture for my own house, and bought furniture for our house in Washington, a furniture store seemed like a good idea, and it also played into my personal history. Elizabeth Edwards

Good History Own Our Furniture Seemed My Own Having Bought Idea Like House Also Personal Store Washington Played Good Idea

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