#island

My grandfather was a cop in Long Island. I often try to draw on things that I've heard about him. ↗

— Yancy Butler

#cop #draw #grandfather #heard #him

No, my family is Russian, Georgian, via Ellis Island. ↗

— Mitch Kapor

#family #georgian #island #russian #via

Judging is a lonely job in which a man is, as near as may be, an island entire. ↗

— Abe Fortas

#island #job #judging #lonely #lonely job

I represent Staten Island and Brooklyn, and not just that the financial services industry is important to the U.S., but is disproportionately important to New York City. ↗

— Vito Fossella

#city #disproportionately #financial #financial services #i

We got orders to strike the Marshall and Gilbert Islands. We had a task force with the Enterprise. We had two or three cruisers and probably eight or 10 destroyers. ↗

— Barney Ross

#eight #enterprise #force #gilbert #got

I like islands. ↗

— Dominic Monaghan

#islands #like

California is an island, and New York's an island. Maybe it's time for me to change islands. ↗

— Paul Mazursky

#change #island #islands #maybe #me

I read 'Treasure Island' for the first time at university. And I started to notice then how unresolved some things were. Later, I realised that Stevenson was interested in sequels, and I wondered whether he would have gone back to it had he lived longer. ↗

— Andrew Motion

#first #first time #gone #had #how

Getting to do what I think was my fifth BBC drama with Nikki Amuka-Bird - we've done 'Shoot The Messenger,' 'Five Days,' 'The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency,' 'Born Equal' and now 'Small Island' - was another highlight for me. And filming in Jamaica was great, too. ↗

— David Oyelowo

#another #bbc #born #days #detective

It's always been a dream to have my own sunglass line and I'm so excited to be able to finally offer it to my fans! ↗

— Nicole Polizzi

#islands #long #straight #sucks #vodka