#island

Long Island is shaped the way it is largely because of Robert Moses. Long Island is a perfect example of how political power shapes people's lives every day. ↗

— Robert Caro

#day #every #every day #example #how

The little island seemed to float on the dark lake-waters. Trees grew on it, and a little hill rose in the middle of it. It was a mysterious island, lonely and beautiful. All the children stood and gazed at it, loving it and longing to go to it. It looked so secret - almost magic. “Well,” said Jack at last. “What do you think? Shall we run away, and live on the secret island?” “Yes!” whispered all the children. “Let’s! ↗

— Enid Blyton

#children #island #lonely #mysterious #running-away

No, my family is Russian, Georgian, via Ellis Island. ↗

— Mitch Kapor

#family #georgian #island #russian #via

While Haiti has recently celebrated more than 200 years of independence from French colonial rule, the citizens of the island remain vulnerable to poverty, poor health, and political chaos. ↗

— Eliot Engel

#chaos #citizens #colonial #french #haiti

Judging is a lonely job in which a man is, as near as may be, an island entire. ↗

— Abe Fortas

#island #job #judging #lonely #lonely job

I represent Staten Island and Brooklyn, and not just that the financial services industry is important to the U.S., but is disproportionately important to New York City. ↗

— Vito Fossella

#city #disproportionately #financial #financial services #i

I don't know why my brain has kept all the words to the Gilligan's Island theme song and has deleted everything about triangles. ↗

— Jeff Foxworthy

#brain #deleted #everything #i #island

I love to cook, my husband and I collect wine, and in my head, I am always on Sullivan's Island, walking the beach listening to the song of the ocean. ↗

— Dorothea Benton Frank

#am #beach #collect #cook #head

I have a musical called Goodbye and Good Luck, based on a Grace Paley short story. I also have King Island Christmas, and there are 20 different productions of it this year. ↗

— David Friedman

#based #called #christmas #different #good

We just did a show in Providence, Rhode Island, and we got three puppy shots before we even got on the air, which was great. Although sometimes you get flashed by some puppies that you'd rather not see. They're more like mongrels. ↗

— Jerry Lawler

#although #before #did #even #flashed