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Letter "I" » island
«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.»
Author: H. P Lovecraft
(Author)
| About:
Civilization,
Humanity,
Ignorance,
Intelligence,
Science
| Keywords:
Infinities, infinity, in the midst, island, live on, meant, midst, placid, seas, voyage
«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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«At times our lives seem like that of a tranquil island in a sea of chaos. The battle is to keep this sea of chaos at bay and not let it wash us away into utter chaos.»
«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
«Despite the fact that there are over eight million people on the island of Manhattan, there are times you still feel shipwrecked and alone. Times even the most resourceful survivor would feel the need to put a message in a bottle, or on an answering machi»
Author: Sex and the City
(TV series)
| Keywords:
answering, a million times, bottle, despite, eight, Feel the Need, island, Machi, message, resourceful, shipwrecked, shipwrecks, survivor, the island
«And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat: / Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven.»
«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
«Centuries ago, sailors on long voyages used to leave a pair of pigs on every deserted island. Or they'd leave a pair of goats. Either way, on any future visit, the island would be a source of meat. These islands, they were pristine. These were home to breeds of birds with no natural predators. Breeds of birds that lived nowhere else on earth. The plants there, without enemies they evolved without thorns or poisons. Without predators and enemies, these islands, they were paradise. The sailors, the next time they visited these islands, the only things still there would be herds of goats or pigs. .... Does this remind you of anything? Maybe the ol' Adam and Eve story? .... You ever wonder when God's coming back with a lot of barbecue sauce?»
Author: Chuck Palahniuk
(Journalist, Novelist, Satirist)
| Keywords:
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«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
«Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep.»
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