Darren Aronofsky Quotes
I grew up in a family with two very strong women, my mother and my older sister, and they were big influences on my life.
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I know what to do and I go and execute.
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I did Our Daily Bread for King and that made me popular in the Soviet Union; King was amused by that.
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Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.
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Iraq did not spontaneously opt for disarmament. They did it as part of a ceasefire, so they were forced to do it, otherwise the war might have gone on. So the motivation has been very different.
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There's monsters in all of us, but there's also vulnerability.
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Hungary is, in a word, in a state of WAR against the Hapsburg dynasty, a war of legitimate defence, by which alone it can ever regain independence and freedom.
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We don't want to be treated any differently, and we want to continue with our lives and our careers.
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The Honorable Elijah Muhammad says that we should be separate, all right, but in this separate state or separate existence, the black man should be given the opportunity and the incentive to do for himself what the white man has done for himself.
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Ulysses, obviously. It was an elaborate prank, and our supposed intellectual elite continue to fall for it.
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I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up.
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I'm no angel, but I'm no monster, either.
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I'd like to make something about someone who hasn't existed so that I don't have to tread so carefully and can feel a little bit more creative freedom.
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There's such a fan base for 'Dark Shadows'. I remember watching the show as a kid, but I wasn't an ardent fan. I didn't run home from school to watch it.
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I'm very happy with the choices I've been making and the people I've been working with. I hope I can continue along this path.
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I just like a good story. I want the story to be good, and I want the character to be different than the last one I played. That's not always possible, but that's what I want.
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When I do work, I feel the same sort of urgency as I ever did. If I didn't feel that, I don't think I would wish to be doing it. I wouldn't really see the point.
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Ever since I was a kid, I've wanted to set a time that nobody can touch for many years.
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If you want to make change, 'Show me how' can be a stronger, more effective approach than 'Just say no.' That's what I think.
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I remember devouring the entire Hardy Boys series over one summer, enthralled by their bravery and cleverness.
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There is no excuse for waste, fraud, and abuse in the Defense Department budget.
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If you don't appeal to kids, to the zeitgeist, you get thrown on the scrapheap.
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This is the person you think is your antagonist, who ends up being your greatest ally: the person who pushes, criticizes, and challenges you to meet a standard of excellence you might not otherwise achieve.
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Figure out what you're good at and start helping other people with it; give it away. Pay it forward. Karma sort of works because people are very consistent. On a long enough timescale, you will attract what you project.
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I grew up in a family with two very strong women, my mother and my older sister, and they were big influences on my life.
