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At the same time there's a history in Hawaii of the emergence from pre-feudal separate islands into a kingdom, into a shotgun republic, into an annexed territory, and then into a state.

Quote by Neil Abercrombie about history, state, time

Hugging trees has a calming effect on me. I'm talking about enormous trees that will be there when we are all dead and gone. I've hugged trees in every part of this little island.

Quote by Gerry Adams about talking

You asserted the legitimacy of the right of the people of...

You asserted the legitimacy of the right of the people of this island to freedom and independence. Many of your comrades made the ultimate sacrifice.

Quote by Gerry Adams about independence, sacrifice, rightness, people

We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.

Quote by Winston Churchill about fight

We've always been an island, and isolated. A lot of the...

We've always been an island, and isolated. A lot of the attitude in Scotland is, they're not made to feel entitled

Quote by Sean Connery about attitude

I was comfortable. I knew we weren't Rockefellers, but it was never an issue because we went to places we needed to go - Coney Island, we went on the Circle Line, we had Central Park. There were things you could do without tons of money.

Quote by Whoopi Goldberg about money, things

I love travelling, and had the pleasure of being in the most developed country in the world and then parts of two of the most pristine natural areas of the world: the Galapagos islands and the Equador Amazon jungle. The contrast was incredible.

Quote by Adam Garcia about opinion, pleasure, world, country, being, love

No man is an island, until it comes to paying the bills.

No man is an island, until it comes to paying the bills.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about commerce, man

Like a great island in the midst of the Algonquins lay...

Like a great island in the midst of the Algonquins lay the country of tribes speaking the generic tongue of the Iroquois

Quote by Francis Parkman about country

When I'm not working, my family and I have a house in the...

When I'm not working, my family and I have a house in the San Juan Islands. We've been here since '94.

Quote by Elizabeth Pena about family, home, house

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