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It's all magic to me. Country to punk rock, all of it. Chopin to Kurt Cobain. But it always all comes back to punk for me, because that was the last time, punk rock or grunge rock, was the last time that passion ruled the airwaves.


James Marsters

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JAMES COMEY But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, ...
JAMES THURBER All are equal
Death lays his icy hand on kings:
Sceptre and crown
Must tumble down,
And...
JAMES SHIRLEY Editing should be, especially in the case of old writers, a counseling rather than a collaborating t...
JAMES THURBER Some American writers who have known each other for years have never met in the daytime or when both...
JAMES THURBER When all things are equal, translucence in writing is more effective than transparency, just as glow...
JAMES THURBER I am against bigness and greatness in all their forms, and with the invisible molecular moral forces...
WILLIAM JAMES The most violent revolutions in an individuals beliefs leave most of his old order standing. Time an...
WILLIAM JAMES On the cold cheek of Death smiles and roses are blending, And beauty immortal awakes from the tomb...
JAMES BEATTIE Be ignorance thy choice, where knowledge leads to woe.
JAMES BEATTIE Besides great climates and lovely beaches, California and Greece share a fondness for dysfunctional ...
JAMES SUROWIECKI I was a Chicago Bulls, Michael Jordan fan growing up.
LEBRON JAMES Bulls don't read. Bears read financial history. As markets fall to bits, the bears dust off the ...
JAMES BUCHAN