- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Island Quotes
No place stands entirely alone.
This page brings together quotes about islands as places of memory, transit, and story, from a call to bear witness for a community to a documentary that resisted familiar crime-film conventions. Related themes continue in the First collection.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Princess
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- Nov 07, 2020
My name is Carmella, and I'm the moonwalking, trash-talking princess of Staten Island.
- Big Impact
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- Nov 07, 2020
The reason why Three Mile Island makes such a big impact is because of a Jane Fonda movie called 'The China Syndrome.'
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most spectacular anti-lava effort in history occurred on the Icelandic island of Heimaey in 1973.
- Lost
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- Nov 07, 2020
Louisiana loses 30 miles a year off our coast. We lost 100 miles last year off our coast thanks to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. We have lost a size of land equivalent to the entire state of Rhode Island.
- I Was Born
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born in Queens and spent many years there. After I got married, I moved to Kew Gardens, then moved to Baldwin, Long Island, where I still reside.
- Play
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Return To Nim's Island', I was so honored to be asked to play the role of Nim because I loved the original film, the 2008 film 'Nim's Island.'
- Memories
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- Nov 07, 2020
After all, island living is where I began on Taransay, and I have such fond memories of it.
- Candy Store
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most American Jews came from the lower middle classes, and therefore they brought with them not a lot of Jewish culture. The American Jewish story starts with Ellis Island, and the candy store in the Bronx.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The painter leaves his mark. And I just put in two statues in Rhode Island that I'm working on. And I think that's going to make me last longer than me.
- Pizza
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was a pizza delivery robot from 2008, where I built a Prius to deliver pizza from downtown SF to Treasure Island.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I were planning to be stranded on a desert island, I wouldn't take Freud's books with me, because I've already read them all.
- Cooking
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- Nov 07, 2020