Alexander David Turner Quotes

Rock'n'roll will never go away completely because it's so fundamentally attractive.

Alexander David Turner Arctic Monkeys

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• It always amuses me that the biggest praise for my work comes for the imagination, while the truth is that there's not a single line in all my work that does not have a basis in reality. The problem is that Caribbean reality resembles the wildest imagination.

  

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  • Work
  • Truth
  • Reality

• Truth is of no practical value to mankind save as it affects terrestrial phenomena, hence the discoveries of science should be concealed or glossed over wherever they conflict with orthodoxy.

  

  H. P. Lovecraft
  • Truth
  • Science
  • Value

• My first published work was when I was 19, in 'Playgirl.' It was an odd experience but exciting.

  

  Karen Bender
  • Work
  • Experience
  • First

• I guess I look strange a bit. Strange but confident. I'm not like a model or anything. I always compare this to wearing a hat. You can wear the strangest hat, but if you think it's cool, then you'll look cool.

  

  Vincent Cassel
  • Think
  • Cool
  • Model

• I've yet to meet somebody who said, 'Your stories are so revolting I couldn't read them.'

  

  Ian Mcewan
  • Said
  • Read
  • Meet

• How do we turn our nation around? President Obama thinks the answer is more and more government. Government is not the answer. You are not doing anyone a favor by creating dependency, destroying individual responsibility.

  

  Ted Cruz
  • Government
  • Responsibility

• I read real books. On paper. You know, those printed books? I feel like this is the last thing I do to support my industry. I think they smell great, too.

  

  Gary Shteyngart
  • Great
  • Real
  • Think

• I'm producing more, but I think to direct, one has to have a burning desire, and that's not me. I'd rather do something else.

  

  Vincent Cassel
  • Think
  • Me
  • Desire

• If we give something positive to others, it will return to us. If we give negative, that negativity will be returned.

  

  Allu Arjun
  • Positive
  • Negativity

• I made a stamp with Destiny's Child. We made a stamp together, above anything. And making a stamp on my own, I'm very proud.

  

  Kelly Rowland Destiny's Child
  • Together
  • Proud
  • Destiny

• Latinos are the fastest growing minority, and we're obviously not going anywhere. We're extremely loyal as a people, and I think Hollywood is starting to recognize that. It's very rare for a major studio to nationally distribute a film with Latino talent, not only in front of the camera, but also behind the camera.

  

  Aimee Garcia
  • People
  • Growing

• It isn't as important to buy as cheap as possible as it is to buy at the right time.

  

  Jesse Livermore
  • Time
  • Important

• I wonder if anyone thinks of me when they can’t fall asleep at night.

  

  Niall Horan One Direction
  • Thinking
  • Night
  • Fall

• People say, "How do you write songs?" I say, "Patience." I may have a track that's hot, but no words. I'll just let it sit for years, because I know they're going to meet. They'll find it.

  

  Ben Harper
  • People
  • May
  • Words

• Nobody sold prints then and prices didn't mean anything. In terms of earning your living, it was a joke.

  

  Garry Winogrand
  • Mean
  • Term
  • Jokes

• I think the best piece of advice that I would give is beauty is really just - I know it sounds cheesy - being true to who you are. Beauty is not something that is acquired necessarily through like makeup or clothing.

  

  Amandla Stenberg
  • True
  • Beauty
  • Advice

• I'm going to get hated for saying this, but honestly, fantasy is easy to write because you can do anything. It's like when Raymond Chandler brings in a bloke with a gun when he's stuck - in fantasy, up pops a wizard, and off we go.

  

  Mal Peet
  • Up
  • Easy
  • Gun

• When you put something out there into the world, there's all these words you don't want to hear, that you hope people don't say. I don't like anything that starts with 're' - like retro, reinvent, recreate - I hate that. It's always like living in the past - copying, emulating.

  

  Jack White The White Stripes
  • People
  • World
  • Hope

• Rock'n'roll will never go away completely because it's so fundamentally attractive.

  

  Alexander David Turner Arctic Monkeys
  • Attractive