Hawaii Quotes

• Hawaii is not a state of mind, but a state of grace.

  Paul Theroux

  Grace, Mind, States

  Observer, London, October 29, 1989.

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• If you want to surf, move to Hawaii. If you like to shop, move to New York. If you like acting and Hollywood, move to California. But if you like college football, move to Texas.

  Ricky Williams

  Football, New York, Moving

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• I truly believe the brightest days lie ahead for the Great State of Hawaii.

  Linda Lingle

  Lying, Believe, States

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• I think that being isolated from the Hollywood world of premieres and red carpet events was probably good for me because I could ease into those at will and by my own choice. But in other aspects, when it comes to fanfare, Hawaii is nuts and in L.A. they're all so jaded. They don't care.

  Evangeline Lilly

  Thinking, Nuts, Choices

  Interview with Todd Gilchrist, www.ign.com. August 30, 2006.

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• It is really so nice here-country-busy-busy with so many different kinds of things-... I must say I feel far away in another world here-... always we go to a new place...the people have a kind of gentleness that isn't usual on the mainland.

  Georgia O'Keeffe

  Country, Nice, People

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• In Hawaii, we go to this wonderful place, all families. My wife and I go directly from breakfast to a beach chair where we read all day. My daughter goes from water to pool to running around with friends she meets, some of whom are regulars there.

  Stephen Collins

  Mother, Running, Daughter

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• I thought my book was done, then we went to Hawaii and the whole last chapter happened.

  Mariel Hemingway

  Book, Done, Lasts

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• Six years ago, I completed the premier episode of Hawaii Five-O, and Jack Lord and I immediately realized that we had a good series, that this was a success such as we'd never hoped for!

  James MacArthur

  Years, Six, Lord

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• I was in Jersey when the whole World Trade Center thing happened and I felt powerless. So, I went to Hawaii and did a surf movie. It's kind of fluffy.

  Michelle Rodriguez

  Surfing, World, Fluffy

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• We shot on location in our very first weeks, in our very first shows. I would like to go on location again, Hawaii would be good!! But normally, we tape five days a week in the studio starting at about 8:00 a.m. and continuing until about 8:00 p.m.

  Juliet Mills

  Would Be, Tape, Goes On

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• We were on the island of Hawaii. I think I was there three months. It was fantastic. It is not much different than films. It depends on the television show but much of television today is as good or better than most films.

  Bo Derek

  Thinking, Islands, Different

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My husband is from Hawaii and his father who was also born in Hawaii was a teenager when Pearl Harbor happened, right before church and he ran up and got on the roof of his grandfather's house and watched the planes go over.

  Sigourney Weaver

  Husband, Father, Teenager

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• I grew up in Hawaii so I was outside a lot playing in the water.

  Kelly Preston

  Water, Grew, Grew Up

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• Every time I flicked channels, there I was, talking. I was talking too much and writing too little. So Naomi and I went to Hawaii. The phone was cut off and we lost touch. This gave me the chance to have a good think about my life.

  Joe Eszterhas

  Writing, Cutting, Thinking

  "The Hollywood hitman" by Ed Vulliamy, www.theguardian.com.

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• Hawaii has always been a very pivotal role in the Pacific. It is in the Pacific. It is a part of the United States that is an island that is right here.

  Dan Quayle

  Funny, Islands, Usa

  Press comment in Hawaii, April 25, 1989.

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• I still consider myself a little, fat kid from Hawaii.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Kids, Littles, Fats

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• The one we keep pitching and there are no takers is The Fabulous Baker Boys Go to Hawaii. There don't seem to be any takers on that one!

  Beau Bridges

  Boys, Bakers, Pitching

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii

  Steve Case

  Born, Honolulu, Raised

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• Hawaii's the 50th state? I thought it was a suburb of Guam.

  Bobby Heenan

  Wwe, States, Guam

  "World Wrestling Federation: Monday Night Raw". July 11, 1993.

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• The paintings are transferred from my computer to a disk, and I can hand it to the printer this way; or I can modem the painting to the printer over the phone lines from my house in Hawaii.

  Buffy Sainte-Marie

  Phones, Hands, House

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• Jason Lee is the most famous actor from Hawaii I can think of.

  Tia Carrere

  Thinking, Jason, Actors

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• That's a traditional Samoan dance. I was lucky that I was able to fly my cousins, who are professional dancers, up from Hawaii and they were able to be in the movie with me. We had a great time.

  Dwayne Johnson

  Dance, Sports, Cousin

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• Hawaii was beautiful of course, we played at Turtle Bay an amazing resort right on the ocean.

  Natalie Gulbis

  Beautiful, Ocean, Turtles

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• Hawaii can be heaven and it can be hell.

  Jeff Goldblum

  Heaven, Hell

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• I'm of Filipino, Spanish, and Chinese descent, and was raised on Hawaii.

  Tia Carrere

  Chinese, Descent, Filipino

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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