#ban

We were playing a small club in San Diego and the power had gone out in the building. Eddie had a lighter and kept us lit backstage. We became very good friends and spent a lot of time together including hearing Eddie sing in some of the bands he was in at the time. ↗

— Jack Irons

#bands #became #building #club #diego

He said, 'From then on, I realized that I was not just abandoned. I was chosen. I was special.' And I think that's the key to understanding Steve Jobs. ↗

— Walter Isaacson

#chosen #i #i think #jobs #just

I actually share her view and understand her frustration when any government attempts to ban secular symbols like Santa Claus or Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer or Christmas lights. ↗

— Steve Israel

#any #attempts #ban #christmas #claus

It is also very engaging - and a delight - to go back to Bangladesh as often as I can, which is not only my old home, but also where some of my closest friends and collaborators live and work. ↗

— Amartya Sen

#back #bangladesh #closest #closest friends #collaborators

I stopped and gazed on the little dull man who was being paid to be a teacher of teachers. I turned and walked to the door, slammed it closed with a bang, and broken glass crashed to the floor. There was uproar behind me in the class, which did not interest me at all. ↗

— Burl Ives

#behind #being #broken #broken glass #class

I don't wanna abandon my identity as LL Cool J, but at the same time, I had to figure out how to let people know that I'm really serious about making these movies. ↗

— LL Cool J

#about #cool #figure #had #how

We were really grown up for our age and it was an incredible special band. ↗

— Joan Jett

#band #grown #incredible #our #really

My husband was just OK looking. I was in labor and I said to him, 'What if she's ugly? You're ugly.' ↗

— Beverly Johnson

#husband #i #just #labor #looking

That was one of the best, exciting things for me to play with them. They were very young and eager to go. I'd been playing with a band that was mostly old folks that had been together so long we couldn't do anything to excite each other. ↗

— Earl Scruggs

#band #been #best #each #eager

I had a patient once who dreamed she kept her husband in the deep freeze except for mating. Lots of men feel that way. ↗

— Robert Johnson

#dreamed #except #feel #freeze #had