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His imagination conceived and bore - worlds; but nothing in these worlds became alive until he discovered its true and living name.… — Algernon H. Blackwood Copy Share Image
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My first album didn't come out until I was 27, which in pop years is late, you know. But when it came… — Bjork Copy Share Image
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