"No other island received as much preliminary pounding……" — Chester W. Nimitz

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• Hugging trees has a calming effect on me. I'm talking about enormous trees that will be there when we are… — Gerry Adams
• Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep. — Dave Barry
• This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a shortage of… — Aneurin Bevan
• If September 11th has taught us anything, it's certainly that the world has never been so interdependent. It is impossible… — Bono
• It's like turning the space program over to the Long Island Railroad. — David R. Brower
• Places I've lived since then had to have some kind of uniqueness and character about them. And logically Key West,… — Jimmy Buffett
• Personally, my interests are ancient history and ancient civilizations. In my own life, I'd like to go to places like… — Nicolas Cage
• We have the character of an island nation: independent, forthright, passionate in defence of our sovereignty. We can no more… — David Cameron
• I took four years off after 'In the Cut' because I wanted to see who I'd be without work. I… — Jane Campion
• When I was Governor of Massachusetts, we worked to get Sable Island gas into New England. — Paul Cellucci
• We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on… — Winston Churchill
• Indeed, most magicians catch the bug as kids. My first audience was my family in Long Island. My first 'assistant'… — Criss Angel

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