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There are many items that we've had on the menu that were great tasting items but recently we've had a big sodium reduction, trying to get the sodium content on the space menu down, so we've had to reformulate a lot of those items, preserving the taste and the homely comfort food aspects of the food, while making sure that the nutrition is right where we need for it to be. – Maya Cooper	Found on CNN 9 years ago
Home-keeping youth have ever homely wits. – William Shakespeare, "The Two Gentlemen of Verona", Act 1 scene 1	added by anonymous 13 years ago
There is a homely old adage which runs: "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." If the American nation will speak softly, and yet build and keep at a pitch of the highest training a thoroughly efficient navy, the Monroe Doctrine will go far. – Theodore Roosevelt, Speech in Chicago, 3 Apr. 1903	added by anonymous 13 years ago
There is a homely old adage which runs Speak softly and carry a big stick you will go far. If the American nation will speak softly, and yet build and keep at a pitch of the highest training a thoroughly efficient navy, the Monroe Doctrine will go far. – Theodore Roosevelt	added by anonymous 14 years ago
I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry that is prose words in their best order-poetry the best words in the best order. – Samuel Taylor Coleridge	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Show me a genuine case of platonic friendship, and I shall show you two old or homely faces. – Austin O'Malley	added by anonymous 14 years ago

There are many items that we've had on the menu that were great tasting items but recently we've had a big sodium reduction, trying to get the sodium content on the space menu down, so we've had to reformulate a lot of those items, preserving the taste and the homely comfort food aspects of the food, while making sure that the nutrition is right where we need for it to be.

– Maya Cooper

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Home-keeping youth have ever homely wits.

– William Shakespeare, "The Two Gentlemen of Verona", Act 1 scene 1

added by anonymous
13 years ago

There is a homely old adage which runs: "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." If the American nation will speak softly, and yet build and keep at a pitch of the highest training a thoroughly efficient navy, the Monroe Doctrine will go far.

– Theodore Roosevelt, Speech in Chicago, 3 Apr. 1903

added by anonymous
13 years ago

There is a homely old adage which runs Speak softly and carry a big stick you will go far. If the American nation will speak softly, and yet build and keep at a pitch of the highest training a thoroughly efficient navy, the Monroe Doctrine will go far.

– Theodore Roosevelt

added by anonymous
14 years ago

I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry that is prose words in their best order-poetry the best words in the best order.

– Samuel Taylor Coleridge

added by anonymous
14 years ago

Show me a genuine case of platonic friendship, and I shall show you two old or homely faces.

– Austin O'Malley

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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