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island
«In a sense, each of us is an island. In another sense, however, we are all one. For though islands appear separate, and may even be situated at great distances from one another, they are only extrusions of the same planet, Earth.»
Author: J. Donald Walters
| About:
Earth
| Keywords:
an island, distances, in a sense, island, islands, planet Earth, situate, situated, situating
«Honour is like an island, rugged and without shores; we can never re-enter it once we are on the outside.»
«Hazards - There is an island of opportunity in the middle of every difficulty. Miss that, though, and you're pretty much doomed.»
Author: Larry Kersten
(Author, Sociologist)
| Keywords:
an island, doomed, hazards, island, pretty much
«How I wish that somewhere there existed an island for those who are wise and of good will»
Author: Albert Einstein
(Physicist)
| Keywords:
an island, existed, good will, island, Islands of the, somewhere, wise, wish
«It is with roses and locomotives (not to mention acrobats Spring electricity Coney Island the 4th of July the eyes of mice and Niagara Falls) that my ''poems'' are competing.»
Author: E. E. Cummings
| Keywords:
acrobat, acrobats, competing, coney, Coney Island, electricity, island, July, July 4, locomotive, locomotives, mention, mice, Niagara, Niagara Falls, not to mention, poems
«If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| About:
Courtesy,
Grace,
Relationships
| Keywords:
citizen, Continent, courteous, cutting off, cut off, gracious, island, joins, lands, show off, Strangers
«It's fun to imagine what you could do with that kind of money. I could buy that island I've wanted to buy all my life, and live there with my family. Or I could buy some great piece of art that's just going to feed my eyes every day. It's fun to toy with the notion of that, and it is very tempting because money, unfortunately is freedom in today's world.»