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When I began working in Yahoo, my family moved with me. Despite our efforts, our kids wanted to study in Los Angeles, and I was forced to see my family and friends only on weekends. In the beginning I even enjoyed it, but knew that at some stage I'd want to go back home.

— Terry Semel

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

A few years ago, I decided I wanted to be home with my family.

— Rick Moranis

My career always took me away from home, I was always away from home and I just wanted to be at home.

— Tina Turner

I left home to go to college, and then I moved back home. I moved back for three years from 21 to 24.

— Will Ferrell

After my parents' divorce when I was 4, I spent weekends with my dad before we finally moved to California. By the time Sunday rolled around, I was incapable of enjoying the day's activities, of being in the moment, because I was already dreading the inevitable goodbye of Sunday evening.

— Rob Lowe

I had family and friends back home. Just because I could potentially feel alone in Los Angeles, that didn't mean I was alone.

— Alona Tal

I moved from Philadelphia to California when I was 25, after traveling abroad for a year. I thought I'd come home eventually and settle down, but I didn't.

— Kelly Corrigan

I realized my family was funny, because nobody ever wanted to leave our house.

— Anthony Anderson

I moved to Hollywood when I was 22. I was married. I had a kid right away. And I had worked as a furniture mover amongst various other jobs, and I'd work eight, ten hours a day to support my family - and I'd come home and write for two hours a night or two and a half, or three hours a night.

— Paul Haggis

I tried to get as far away from home as possible after I graduated from high school because I had a hard time being a kid.

— Catherine Opie

✗Opposing Perspectives

My time at Yahoo, from its founding to the present, has encompassed some of the most exciting and rewarding experiences of my life.

— Jerry Yang