Darren Aronofsky Quotes

There's always been a lot of pressure and tension on the line. If 'Pi' didn't work out, I have no idea what my career would be. I don't think I would have gotten another shot at it. If 'Requiem for a Dream' didn't work out, they would have called me a 'one-hit wonder with a sophomore slump'.

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• It's hard to always be on top. You go down, you go up.

  

  Yani Tseng
  • Up
  • You
  • Down

• 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.

  

  Parker Posey
  • People
  • Heart
  • Think

• But Charlie, Charlie, how can we ever really know anything? Charlie, what or who is God?

  

  Edgar Bergen
  • God
  • Know
  • Ever

• I don't set out to win awards. I don't think any musician does, but when you receive an award, it's an affirmation: it means that people appreciate what you do. Every award I have received is a confirmation of something I have done, and that motivates me to push a little harder.

  

  Wadada Leo Smith
  • People
  • Musician
  • Appreciate

• Somebody once told me I shouldn't try to change Hollywood. That isn't my point at all. I don't want Hollywood to change me.

  

  Wayne Rogers
  • Want
  • Change
  • Me

• I've always felt a bit hard done by in England – you know, I've won the Bisto three times in Ireland, but it has felt like nobody has even heard of me in my home country.

  

  Kate Thompson
  • Country
  • Done
  • Home

• You can always tell when a man's well informed. His views are pretty much like your own.

  

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
  • Pretty
  • Man
  • You

• I wish I could compete again, but my good feeling is, these competitions are better as exhibitions.

  

  Oksana Baiul
  • Good
  • Feeling
  • Wish

• The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment. When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.

  

  C. V. Raman
  • Work
  • Thinking
  • Science

• I am proud to have played a small part in ensuring that no veteran's heroic service will be cast aside due to prejudice.

  

  Ted Deutch
  • Play
  • Proud
  • Prejudice

• Men are sort of doofuses about sunscreen, and for the most part, women are more inclined to take better care of themselves, but a reminder is always good for everyone.

  

  Landon Donovan
  • Good
  • Men
  • Women

• It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default.

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • Live
  • Failure
  • Impossible

• Understanding where to be in your own zone really takes some time and development to learn.

  

  Patrick Kane
  • Time
  • Understanding
  • Learn

• All issues are women's issues - and there are several that are just women's business.

  

  Eddie Bernice Johnson
  • Women
  • Business
  • Just

• People have given me the freedom and believe in me enough to say if I want to do these things that I will find a way to make it work. I don't know if they think I'm crazy, drug damaged or just an old weirdo.

  

  Wayne Coyne
  • People
  • Work
  • Believe

• Many schools desperately need caring professionals like guidance counselors and social workers to ensure students' emotional, social and educational needs are met. But proposals to arm teachers are irresponsible and dangerous. The role of educators is to teach and nurture our children, not to be armed guards.

  

  Randi Weingarten
  • Children
  • Emotional
  • Teach

• The falsification of scientific data or analysis is always a serious matter.

  

  Ed Markey
  • Always
  • Serious
  • Data

• Prayer requires more of the heart than of the tongue.

  

  Adam Clarke
  • Heart
  • Prayer
  • Tongue

• I do confess to being the exasperated, bossy, know-it-all, overachieving big sister.

  

  Rae Carson
  • Sister
  • Being
  • Big

• I am struck by how, walking down the street, I'm rarely made aware of my race, but that among journalists, race is absolutely massive.

  

  Chiwetel Ejiofor
  • Walking

• Weird Al was something that kids would listen to. It's funny, super funny, smart. It's just kind of jokey. I remember hearing 'Smells Like Nirvana' before hearing 'Smells Like Teen Spirit.' That's how it really worked. I think it's just such a cool thing how he introduced us to so many cool bands. Even Queen - 'Another One Rides the Bus.'

  

  John Gourley Portugal. The Man
  • Kids
  • Remember
  • Funny

• Right after 'Backspacer,' my best friend got killed tragically. Something happened to me then where I got super motivated. I had a shelf of all this unfinished music... So I just went to work and made a conscious decision that I was going to finish a bunch of stuff. Life's short.

  

  Jeff Ament
  • Life
  • Work
  • Music

• I've always been quite a happy person, but when I'm low, I'm pretty darn low.

  

  Pam Dawber
  • Happy
  • Pretty
  • Been

• There's always been a lot of pressure and tension on the line. If 'Pi' didn't work out, I have no idea what my career would be. I don't think I would have gotten another shot at it. If 'Requiem for a Dream' didn't work out, they would have called me a 'one-hit wonder with a sophomore slump'.

  

  Darren Aronofsky
  • Work
  • Career
  • Dream