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 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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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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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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The important thing is to do what you most love in the best way. If you love literature, you could be a great writer and perhaps one day become a Nobel Prize Laureate for Literature.
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Honestly, I wasn't familiar with the whole DC comics world and the Batman world before I was part of 'Gotham.'
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Do you want to feel good, or do you want to do good?
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I can't live without activity; I can't be sedentary.
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Will I obliterate national debt? Sure, why not?
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Do not speak to us of the greatness of poetry, Of the torches wisping in the underground, Of the structure of vaults upon a point of light. There are no shadows in our sun, Day is desire and night is sleep. There are no shadows anywhere. The earth, for us, is flat and bare. There are no shadows.
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On 'Shrek,' Eddie Murphy was locked in as the donkey before we'd even designed the donkey.
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I was a pain most of my childhood, always mad at the things I didn't have. Things shifted drastically in my 20s when I started putting an emphasis on gratitude. Focus on the good you do have, not the things you lack.
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The line between good and evil is permeable and almost anyone can be induced to cross it when pressured by situational forces.
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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.
