Alex Turner Quotes
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All truly historical peoples have an idea they must realize, and when they have sufficiently exploited it at home, they export it, in a certain way, by war; they make it tour the world.
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Age has been the perfect fire extinguisher for flaming youth.
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The 'Room 93' EP was just kind of picking apart the sense of voyeurism and the sense of isolation and turning it into, essentially, a little black book and reflecting on - at that time - 19 years of me forming relationships with people.
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My dad also plays a little banjo and guitar, my mom plays the mandolin.
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There really is no difference between the bully and the victim.
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One of the lessons learned during the Vietnam War was that the depiction of wounded soldiers, of coffins stacked higher than their living guards, had a negative effect on the viewing public. The military in Iraq specifically banned the photographing of wounded soldiers and coffins, thus sanitizing this terrible and bloody conflict.
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A linguistic system is a series of differences of sound combined with a series of differences of ideas.
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Being on a lunchbox was awesome, and being on a thermos was pretty cool, too.
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I knew that I tend to always gravitate to the indie side of things.
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I am a big music nerd.
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Genius and virtue are to be more often found clothed in gray than in peacock bright.
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Great men always pay deference to greater.
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The unyielding resistance of the Cuban patriots is symbolized by our 5 Heroes. They shall never back down! They shall never surrender!
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As an actor, I have casting issues. I'm a minority. I don't have trouble making a living, but as far as being on the food chain of the pecking order of actors, I'm not at the top of it. With the jobs that I do, there are always control issues with directors and producers.
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The lack of alternatives to an illegal action does not legitimise that action.
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When I read the script and saw the jazz music setting, and when I read the name of the filmmaker was Damien Chazelle, I immediately got this mental image of Antoine Fuqua.
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I'm a vulnerable, sensitive person. I overthink everything.
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I got a feeling about political correctness. I hate it. It causes us to lie silently instead of saying what we think.
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I don't know where it's all going to lead. I have no idea where I'm going. I would just like to be happy.
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Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous.
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I'm glad I'm not bisexual. I couldn't stand being rejected by men as well as women.
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In an ecology of love, people can relate in trust and face the future without fear. They do not need to play it safe. They can take uncertainty in their stride.
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You owe it to yourself to keep fit. No matter how busy or how involved you are, you should have some type of physical program to keep the body in tune.
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The idea that talent is directly proportional to your trophy cabinet is one I oppose.
