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“It's like turning the space program over to the Long Island Railroad.”

Long Space Program Islands Railroads Space Program Long Island

Author:David R. Brower

“I've never even been to Long Island”

Long Islands Long Island

Book:Jinx

Source: Jinx

“I loved you way before you ever had a chance to put a spell on me. I loved you at 'I've never been to Long Island,'" Zach said. I couldn't keep a big goofy grin from my face. I loved you at 'I like seals,'" I admitted. He grinned back.”

Way Long Said Bigs Faces Chance Islands Spells Seals I Loved You Goofy Long Island

Author:Meg Cabot

“There!" Apollo pointed. "Long Island, dead ahead. Let's slow down, dear. 'Dead' is only an expression.”

Long Expression Dear Islands Slow Down Apollo Long Island Thalia Grace

Book:The Titan's curse

Source: The Titan's curse

“The truth was that Jay Gatsby, of West Egg, Long Island, sprang from his Platonic conception of himself. He was a son of God—a phrase which, if it means anything, means just that—and he must be about His Father’s Business, the service of a vast, vulgar and meretricious beauty.”

Ifs Mean Long Father Son West Phrases Islands Eggs Conception Vulgar Platonic Long Island Great Gatsby Gatsby Great Gatsby Important Great Gatsby Nick Great Gatsby American Dream

Author:F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Piper to Drew: P: In case youthink Im not a true Daughter of Aphrodite dont even look at Jason Grace. He may not know it yet but he’s mine. If you even try to make a move, I will load you into a catapult and shoot you across Long Island Sound.”

Ifs Knows Trying Looks May Long Moving Sound Cases Grace Mines Daughter Islands Load Jason Aphrodite Pipers Long Island Jason Grace Make A Move Lost Hero Catapults

Author:Rick Riordan

“I remember the Chillicothe ballplayers grappling the Long Island ball players in a sixteen-inning game ended by darkness. And the shoulders of the Chillicothe players were a red smoke against the sundown and the shoulders of the Rock Island players were a yellow smoke against the sundown. And the umpire's voice was hoarse calling balls and strikes and outs and the umpire's throat fought in the dust for a song.”

Long Remember Song Games Voice Darkness Player Rocks Calling Red Baseball Balls Strikes Shoulders Dust Smoke Islands Throat Yellow Umpires Sixteen Grappling Long Island Ball Players

Author:Carl Sandburg

“I know I'm not very popular on Long Island. I don't know who's less popular, me or Joey Buttafuoco.”

Knows Long Islands Hockey Nhl Very Popular Long Island Joey

Author:Don Maloney

“His mom lived in Long Island for ten years or so. God rest her soul. And, although, she's... wait... your mom's still... your mom's still alive. Your dad passed. God bless her soul.”

Years Long Stills Soul Waiting Alive Crazy Mom Dad Ten Islands Bless God Bless Your Mom Your Dad Dumb Liberal Long Island Stupid Liberal

Author:Joe Biden

“I came from Long Island, so I had a lot of experience at the stick. I played in junior high school, then I played in high school. The technical aspect of the game was my forte. I had all that experience, then I had strength and I was in good condition.”

Long School Games Conditions High School Aspect Sticks Islands Juniors Junior High Long Island Forte Lacrosse High School Junior

Author:Jim Brown

“I believe Andy was meant to die because he was too good I'm almost happy it ended the way it did because I've learned so many lessons from him. It would have been tragic if we got into fights and then divorced [If he had lived], I would be a fat housewife with three kids in Sands Point, Long Island.”

Ifs Way Believe Long Has Beens Would Be Kids Dies Fighting Three I Believe Lessons Fats Islands I've Learned Sand Tragic Divorced Housewife Long Island

Author:Rachel Uchitel

“General Washington had rather incautiously encamped the bulk of his army on Long Island - a large and plentiful district about two miles from the city of New York”

Long Two Cities New York Army Miles Islands Long Island Plentiful

Book:History of the Rise, Progress and Termination of the American Revolution: Interspersed with Biographical, Political and Moral Observations. In Three Volumes

Source: History of the Rise, Progress and Termination of the American Revolution: Interspersed with Biographical, Political and Moral Observations. In Three Volumes

“There used to be this guy called Vinny who worked on the floor of the stock exchange, said one big investor who had observed the market for a long time. After the markets closed Vinny would get into his Cadillac and drive out to his big house in Long Island. Now there is the guy called Vladimir who gets into his jet and flies to his estate in Aspen for the weekend. I used to worry a little about Vinny. Now I worry a lot about Vladimir”

Littles Long Said Bigs Used Guy House Worry Long Time Used To Be Islands Investors Weekend Estates This Guy Jet Long Island Cadillacs Big Houses Stock Exchange Aspens

Author:Michael Lewis

“If this long island story of ours is to end at last, let it end only when each one of us lies, choking in his own blood upon the ground.”

Ifs Long Ends Stories Lasts Lying Blood Determination Islands Choke Long Island

Author:Winston Churchill

“Indeed, most magicians catch the bug as kids. My first audience was my family in Long Island. My first 'assistant' was my mother, whom I levitated on a broom in our living room.”

Firsts Long Kids Mother Rooms Audience Magic My Family Islands Bugs Magician Living Room Assistants Brooms Long Island

Author:Criss Angel

“The Long Island Sound is an environmentally unique estuary that needs to be protected.”

Needs Long Sound Unique Islands Protected Corny Long Island Estuaries

Author:Tim Bishop

“The residents and elected officials of Long Island have fought vigorously for many years and spent millions of dollars to preserve the quality of life that the Long Island Sound offers.”

Years Long Sound Quality Millions Offers Dollars Preserves Islands Officials Corny Quality Of Life Residents Elected Officials Long Island

Author:Tim Bishop

“I stayed with them for about a year up there and, at night, worked over in Long Island at a club called The High Hat Club which was like a pseudo jazz / blues place.”

Years Long Night Jazz Clubs Islands Hats Boots Pseudo Long Island

Author:William Bell

“It was dawn now on Long Island and we went about opening the rest of the windows downstairs, filling the house with gray-turning, gold-turning light. The Shadow of a tree fell abruptly across the dew and ghostly birds began to sing among the blue leaves. There was a slow, pleasant movement in the air, scarcely a wind, promising a cool, lovely day.”

Long Light House Air Tree Movement Wind Bird Shadow Window Gold Blue Lovely Opening Dawn Islands Pleasant Gray Filling Dew Long Island Lovely Day

Book:The Great Gatsby

Source: The Great Gatsby

“School of Rock. The best music school anywhere. This whole idea of getting kids not just taking lessons and learning notes and chords, but learning songs and playing with other young musicians, and getting out on stage... I was so impressed that my daughter Cheyenne goes to School of Rock on Long Island.”

Long Ideas Whole Kids School Young Song Rocks Stage Lessons Musician Daughter Notes Islands My Daughter Impressed Chords Long Island Cheyenne

Author:Dee Snider

“Indeed, if I understand this global-warming business correctly, the danger is that the waters will rise and drown the whole of Massachusetts, New York City, Long Island, the California coast and a few big cities on the Great Lakes - in other words, every Democratic enclave will be wiped out leaving only the solid Republican heartland. Politically speaking, for conservatives there's no downside to global warming.”

“I was a small kid from Huntington, Long Island. I never imagined that anything like that would happen to me.”

Long Happens Kids Islands Long Island

Author:Gerry Cooney

“You know, growing up, I lived in a neighborhood in Long Island where there was basically one black family. And I remember hearing all the parents and the kids in the neighborhood say racist things about this family.”

Knows Long Kids Remember Parent Black Growing Up Growing Hearing Islands Neighborhood Racist Long Island Black Family

Author:Lorraine Bracco

“We need to get serious about combating gang violence on Long Island, and the entire nation.”

Needs Long Nations Violence Serious Islands Gang Long Island Gang Violence

Author:Tim Bishop

“In my district, the budget scales back and eliminates several long-term shore protection projects important to the safety and economic security of Long Island.”

Long Important Term Economic Security Projects Safety Protection Scales Budgets Islands Long Term Shore Long Island Economic Security

Author:Tim Bishop

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

Trying Long Heard Draws Islands Grandfather Cop My Grandfather Long Island

Author:Yancy Butler

“My father was the Formica King of Long Island, and my mother was the daughter of a Bengal Lancer in India.”

Long Mother Father Kings Daughter India Islands Long Island

Author:Ricky Jay

“I was a young kid from Long Island who wanted to do something large with her life, so I can relate to that.”

Long I Can Kids Wanted Young Relate Islands Long Island

Author:Edie Falco