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There was a time in my life when I was going in and out of houses that were extraordinarily different - from a working-class terrace in Northampton to the homes of friends who were really very wealthy. It was quite an odd position to be in, I realise looking back, and quite a nice one.

— Mark Haddon

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

My first job was in a nursing home - a terrible place in retrospect. It was in an old house, and the residents were so lonely. People rarely visited them. I only stayed there a couple of months, but it made a strong impression on me.

— Kim Edwards

I was blessed to grow up in really interesting times and to go back to a home where I was very safe.

— Dennis Lehane

The different parts of my career seemed to take part in different rooms, albeit in the same house. It was just the way things were and I didn't actually think much about it at the time.

— Richard Rodney Bennett

My return to London introduced me to a wider range of society.

— Catherine Helen Spence

When I was at my height on TV, I was always busy - rehearsing, practising my impressions, learning new material. When that faded, I had to find another way to be creative. Houses were something to do instead. They saved me.

— Bobby Davro

My childhood was a happy one, spent in a tall house in South Kensington and later in East Sussex, but my early and mid teens were less successful.

— Julian Fellowes

I grew up in the countryside in the middle of nowhere in England and got out as soon as I could!

— Rupert Friend

I lived a normal life for a number of years. I had kids. I lived up on a farm in Gloucestershire in rural England, and just kind of got back to reality again.

— Roger Andrew Taylor

In my heart, I'm just a kid from the council houses. I can remember the old cottage and my dad coming round with the tin bath. I'm not a rich man.

— Terry Pratchett

✗Opposing Perspectives

I grew up in a very normal home.

— Trinny Woodall