#island

I gladly accepted the commission but was uncertain about what the end result would be. On the one hand, Cuban music was conquering the world; being heard everywhere, and our small island was already producing one of the popular musical genres of the 20th century. ↗

— Alejo Carpentier

#about #accepted #already #being #century

I had supported Governor George W. Bush over Senator John McCain in the 2000 Rhode Island presidential primary. ↗

— Lincoln Chafee

#george #george w #governor #had #i

Harbour Island in the Bahamas is beautiful, with turquoise water and pink sand. ↗

— Diane von Furstenberg

#beautiful #harbour #island #pink #sand

Gilligan's Island is wherever you want it to be in your mind. ↗

— Bob Denver

#mind #want #wherever #you #your

No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent. ↗

— John Donne

#entire #every #every man #island #itself

The Staten Island Ferry remains a potential terrorist target. ↗

— Vito Fossella

#island #potential #remains #target #terrorist

I love travelling, and had the pleasure of being in the most developed country in the world and then parts of two of the most pristine natural areas of the world: the Galapagos islands and the Equador Amazon jungle. The contrast was incredible. ↗

— Adam Garcia

#areas #being #contrast #country #developed

The Fallen ∞ Now that it’s over, My worlds forever changed. Without you, I feel empty, All this pain, still remains. ↗

— S.L. Ross

#slross #change

What happened to Haiti is a threat that could happen anywhere in the Caribbean to these island nations, you know, because of global warming, because of climate change and all this. ↗

— Danny Glover

#because #caribbean #change #climate #climate change

Slowly, but with no doubt or hesitation whatever, and in something of a solemn expectancy, the two animals passed through the broken tumultuous water and moored their boat at the flowery margin of the island. ↗

— Kenneth Grahame

#broken #doubt #expectancy #flowery #hesitation