I lost an arm on my last trip home. My left arm.
– Octavia E Butler
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- When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost. – Billy Graham
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- Arm yourself with wisdom,arm yourself with knowledge;folly is a fierce lion roaming the streets. – Matshona Dhliwayo
- An arm bar in a vacuum is worthless. It is the realization of the truths which constitute that arm bar that is the real treasure we seek. – Chris Matakas
- Established churches not infrequently formed an alliance with the aristocracy , joining arm in arm against change. – John Ferling
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- Frustrated, El LÃder went home, rested his pitching arm, and started a revolution in the mountains. – Cristina Garca
- The home is always a home and a noble place for shaping hearts! A good home is good for life! – Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
- Home isn’t a place. It’s not having a bed to come home to, or a yard, or a Christmas tree at the holidays. Home is the people who love you. – Jennifer Lynn Barnes
- Who you are and what you believe in is your real home, the only home no one can take from you, the only home that will last. – Adam Bagdasarian
- Home is neither here nor there. Home is within you, or home is nowhere at all. – Hermann Hesse
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