Home is where the heart is—to use an aphorism generally credited to first-century Roman naturalist Pliny the Elder—and much power can come from home. Eva Longoria writes of her Texas home: “This is the land built by generations of Spanish explorers, indigenous tribes, Tejanos, and Irish. Sometimes we forget these brave, ambitious people are what made us strong.” Of his home state, James Earl Jones writes: “Michigan is really about the people with big open hearts, like the kind teacher who taught me to stand up and speak. Michigan is a place where a young boy can find his true voice.” A little to the south, Loretta Lynn writes: “There’s something about those mountains that roots itself within your