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Letter "A" » an island
«Judging is a lonely job in which a man is, as near as may be, an island entire.»
«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
«All mankind is of one author, and is one volume; when one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language; and every chapter must be so translated...As therefore the bell that rings to a sermon, calls not upon the preacher only, but upon the congregation to come: so this bell calls us all: but how much more me, who am brought so near the door by this sickness....No man is an island, entire of itself...any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.»
Author: John Donne
| Keywords:
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«Honor is like an island, rugged and without shores; once we have left it, we can never return»
«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
«Faith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone»
Author: Paul Simon
(Singer, Song Writer)
| About:
Faith
| Keywords:
an island, bottom line, island, the bottom line
«AUSTRALIA, n. A country lying in the South Sea, whose industrial and commercial development has been unspeakably retarded by an unfortunate dispute among geographers as to whether it is a continent or an island.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
an island, Australia, commercial, Continent, dispute, geographer, geographers, industrial, in the south, island, lying-in, retard, retarded, retarding, South, South Sea, the South, unfortunate, unspeakably
«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
«Hawaii has always been a very pivotal role in the Pacific. It is in the Pacific. It is a part of the United States that is an island that is right here.»
Author: Dan Quayle
(Vice President)
| Keywords:
an island, Hawaii, island, Pacific, pivotal, right here, role, the Pacific
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