We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.
H. P. Lovecraft
LiveIgnoranceBlackIslandInfinity
Most American Jews came from the lower middle classes, and therefore they brought with them not a lot of Jewish culture. The American Jewish story starts with Ellis Island, and the candy store in the Bronx.
Arthur Hertzberg
CultureStoryAmericanIslandCandy
From reinforcing beaches in the Rockaways to installing generators at the Coney Island Houses and sealing holes in the subway system, New York is fortifying our ability to withstand future storm surges.
Frances Beinecke
FutureStormNew YorkNewIsland
I'd been brought up on... American TV: 'Lou Grant,' 'Starsky & Hutch;' 'Gilligan's Island.'
Pierce Brosnan
AmericanIslandUpBeenTVGrant
I always thought it would be cool to go to the island of misfit toys.
Camren Bicondova
CoolThoughtGoIslandToysAlways
There are so many different worlds in Long Island. That's why it's so fascinating. Between Great Neck and Montauk, there are 10,000 worlds.
Susan Isaacs
GreatLongIslandWhyNeckBetween
When cyclones tear up Oklahoma and hurricanes swamp Alabama and wildfires scorch Texas, you come to us, the rest of the country, for billions of dollars to recover. And the damage that your polluters and deniers are doing doesn't just hit Oklahoma and Alabama and Texas. It hits Rhode Island with floods and storms.
Sheldon Whitehouse
RestTexasDoingYouCountryIsland
Whenever I view success, I'm dressed as Mozart on an island.
Shane Smith
SuccessViewDressedIslandMozart
I went to University of Victoria on Vancouver Island and their theater program.
Thomas Middleditch
IslandUniversityVancouverTheater
The residents and elected officials of Long Island have fought vigorously for many years and spent millions of dollars to preserve the quality of life that the Long Island Sound offers.
Tim Bishop
LifeQualityLongIslandSound
On Staten Island, there's a ship graveyard. I'm using that a lot, even for 'Under the Dome.' When I'm dissatisfied with a location scout, I go on Google Earth. It's an amazing tool.
Niels Arden Oplev
AmazingShipScoutEarthGoIsland
If Britain votes to leave the European Union, then that could have huge implications for the entire island of Ireland and, given all the predictions, would run counter to the democratic wishes of the Irish people.
Martin McGuinness
PeopleWishesIslandRunIrish
I had supported Governor George W. Bush over Senator John McCain in the 2000 Rhode Island presidential primary.
Lincoln Chafee
IslandOverRhode IslandPrimaryHad
I grew up playing for Manhasset High on Long Island on a team with six black guys.
Ken Howard
TeamBlackLongIslandHighUp
People in San Francisco and the East Bay have shown interest, done interviews, and have come to shows. I guess that the news travels fast out of this island that we are on.
Joanna Newsom
PeopleFastNewsDoneIslandOut
In every island of the Aegean Sea are found abundant traces of a vast prehistoric empire.
James Theodore Bent
SeaIslandEmpireFoundAbundant
Almost everything looks better from a distance, Long Island included.
Jerry Della Femina
BetterLongLooksDistanceIsland
From the time the kids were in upper grade school and middle school, we took trips over the Christmas break to nature-focused places, such as the Okefenokee Swamp and Cumberland Island in Georgia; Costa Rica; Maho Bay campground in St. John, Virgin Islands; the llanos of Venezuela; the southern coast and highlands of Belize.
Henry Paulson
TimeSchoolIslandChristmasPlaces
I'm a small-town boy who comes from a traditional family on a tiny island called Belitung. I may not know where I'm going, but I'll always know where to come home to.
Andrea Hirata
FamilyHomeKnowIslandBoyAlways
You can raise taxes on the rich in America! We should raise taxes on the rich in America. But we can't do that in Rhode Island.
Gina Raimondo
RichAmericaYouIslandTaxesRaise
I'd be in elementary school all week, and then on the weekend, my mom would take us to Kauai or to the Big Island or to California for a contest. That was really fun.
John John Florence
SchoolFunMomWeekendWeekIsland
My mom is from Venezuela, and my dad is German and Japanese, and we lived in Brazil when I was a kid for a couple of years, and then I grew up on Long Island. I think all the traveling and all the nationalities put that stuff in my head. I was just around it a lot.
Fred Armisen
MomThinkLongIslandKidHead
The island is named Oooguruk, an Inupiaq word meaning 'bearded seal,' an animal plentiful on the shores of Alaska's North Slope.
Jeanne Marie Laskas
AnimalMeaningIslandAlaskaWord
'Athletico Mince' started life as a football podcast but has dropped the football, unless the latest on the state of the 'hair island' atop Steve McLaren's head is your idea of football coverage.
David Hepworth
LifeFootballHairIslandHeadIdea
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