Darren Aronofsky Quotes
I had some big ups and downs when I was in my 20s and the one thing I learned was, no matter how low it gets, something good will come along - something always comes out of that dark period.
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I approach these people from a standpoint of love. How were they loved? How do they love? What's going on in their heart? There's that that I think about with every role.
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I am not honest.
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Although he's no longer with us, Steve Jobs is still inspirational to me, as he managed to find the balance between right brain/left-brain thinking that is crucial to building a creative technology business.
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Although some secrecy is odious, some is essential just to preserve our sense of self.
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How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.
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My mother was against me being an artist. She just wanted me to marry a rich man.
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I really enjoy being a dad, and maybe I took it too seriously, but I love being around my kids.
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Beauty is the first test: there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics.
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When you lose, you're more motivated. When you win, you fail to see your mistakes and probably no one can tell you anything.
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I have a free voice. I have a free mind. I have freedom of expression.
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There's this wonderful first assistant and he'll be saying, 'Now Harry goes down among the dragons.' You have to hold yourself together. Because if you lose it for a second then you're sunk.
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I have never thought of a full-fledged career in Bollywood because boxing has never left my mind. But you never know.
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Unlike fashion, art isn't applied. It doesn't have to serve anybody. It doesn't have to be there for any other reason than to give an impression of what the world is about.
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I really loved living in the White House, but I don't miss it at all.
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What is new in the world? Nothing. What is old in the world? Nothing. Everything has always been and will always be.
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When I was a child, I did always feel that people were hiding things, and that they weren't expressing their true feelings. When adults are too complicated, and cover their emotions with layers of well-intentioned subterfuge, the child isn't seeing reality clearly enough and gets upset.
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We all need to slow down and go to acupuncture.
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I just never, in my career, got into doing a lot of press.
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If my fans want to do something for me when that time comes, I say, don't waste your money on me. Help the homeless. Help the needy... people who don't have no food... Instead of some big funeral, where they come from here and there and all over. Save it.
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When I finished graduate school, the first George Bush was president, and I really wanted to get out of the country. We'd just gone through the first Gulf War.
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My country has been very good to me; I must be good to my country.
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I'm not good at being a picture-perfect pop star, happy all the time. If I'm having a bad day, I can't pretend. I'm always a bit unhappy, but that's just me. I like dwelling in my sadness.
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With athletes, it's never fully understood the level to which we push ourselves. Especially in an endurance sport.
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I had some big ups and downs when I was in my 20s and the one thing I learned was, no matter how low it gets, something good will come along - something always comes out of that dark period.
