"At its best New Wave/punk represents a fundamental and age-old Utopian dream: that if you give people the license to be as outrageous as they want in absolutely any fashion they can dream up, they'll be creative about it, and do something good besides."

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Source : New Musical Express (December 1977), as quoted in "Various Artists: No Thanks!: The 70s Punk Rebellion" by Eric Carr, pitchfork.com. February 10, 2004.

Lester Bangs

#Dream Quotes #Fashion Quotes #People Quotes

“I don't find the whole 'cougar' word that offensive.”
“My need is for safety, fun and to have distribution of resources, a sustainable life on the planet. NVC is a strategy that serves me to meet these needs.”
“I will go out again this very night with my rockets and fuses. I will blow them straight out of their comfortable beds. Blow the rooftops off their houses. Blow the black, wretched night to bits. I will not stop. For mad I may be, but I will never be convenient.”
“Do what you love and try not to look at what other people occupy themselves with.”
“It's not bad to stand in front of 20,000 people and sing. It's nerve-racking, a huge adrenaline rush, but it's also very exciting, and not many people get to experience that. It's pretty special.”

Source : Source: bleacherreport.com
“The Western media tends to place a lot of emphasis on official institutions in Ukraine such as its supreme court, the central election commission, and the parliament. In reality, the people of Ukraine now control their destiny.”

Source : "Go Orange!". National Review Interview, www.nationalreview.com. November 30, 2004.
“I believe the world of the spirit is in general greatly neglected and not at all served by the practice of faith as we know it, because religion isn't individual enough.”
“Failure is so important. We speak about success all the time. It is the ability to resist failure or use failure that often leads to greater success. I've met people who don't want to try for fear of failing.”

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