#jo

My early influences were the Shadows, who were an English instrumental band. They basically got me into playing and later on I got into blues and jazz players. I liked Clapton when he was with John Mayall. I really liked that period. ↗

— Tony Iommi

#basically #blues #clapton #early #english

The poet's expression of joy conceals his despair at not having found the reality of joy. ↗

— Max Jacob

#despair #expression #found #having #his

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

Yeah, for some reason parrots have to bite me. That's their job. I don't know why that is. They've nearly torn my nose off. I've had some really bad parrot bites. ↗

— Steve Irwin

#bite #bites #had #i #job

I'm at the beginning of it. I'm Elektra's last job before the story kicks off. ↗

— Jason Isaacs

#beginning #elektra #i #job #kicks

It is estimated that raising the retirement age to 70 would cut the shortfall by about 36%. But this proposal has some drawbacks. Women and men who have worked jobs that require manual labor all of their lives may not physically be able to do work until they are 70 years old. ↗

— Steve Israel

#about #age #cut #drawbacks #estimated

The public don't know what they want; it's my job to tell them. ↗

— Alec Issigonis

#know #public #tell #them #want

I'm not gonna give the British Government the joy of keeping taxing me. They don't tax art. And all my cars are just a collection of art. ↗

— Jay Kay

#british #british government #cars #collection #give

I've had more of an opportunity to work with Katie Holmes, which is incredibly enjoyable. I think she is really one of the best actresses on the market right now. She forces you to bring your best stuff to the table, because if you don't, she just completely overpowers you. ↗

— Joshua Jackson

#best #bring #completely #enjoyable #forces

Everything that I love is behind those gates. We have elephants, and giraffes, and crocodiles, and every kind of tigers and lions. And - and we have bus loads of kids, who don't get to see those things. They come up sick children, and enjoy it. ↗

— Michael Jackson

#bus #children #come #crocodiles #elephants