Darren Aronofsky Quotes
I think it's important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you've got to try new stuff and challenge yourself and take chances.
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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How small a part of time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair!
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Be present. Be meditative. Form real friendships. Stay away from business networking events or friendships where there is always an underlying business angle.
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When you look at the roles I've done and the roles coming up, they're all strong. I guess I'm more drawn to that than that kind of submissive role females can be categorised as.
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The main thing for me is to make sure our home is peaceful, that it's healthy, that the kids are good.
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If you can get yourself where you're not afraid of dying, then you can move forward a lot faster.
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When something is at risk or in danger or about to be lost, those are the moments you start to realize how much it means to you.
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When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder.
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I have now exactly the same weight I had when I was 18, 20.
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I will not become a Napoleon nor an Alexander, and labour for my own ambition; but I will labour for freedom and for the moral well-being of man.
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Whatever our bedtime was as kids, we could stay up an extra half hour if we were reading. My parents didn't care as long as I was under the spell of a Stephen King or a Douglas Adams. Now I read in bed. I read at work. I read standing in line. It's like, 'Hello, my name is Nathan and I am a reader.'
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I speak my mind. That's what we loved Tupac for.
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The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.
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I used to lie between cool, clean sheets at night after I'd had a bath, after I had washed my hair and scrubbed my knuckles and finger-nails and teeth. Then I could lie quite still in the dark with my face to the window with the trees in it, and talk to God.
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The magic of landing my first role on Broadway went 'poof' in a matter of a few weeks.
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If I'm compelled to do something, I don't shy away from it simply because I haven't tackled it before.
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Human writing reflects that of the universe; it is its translation, but also its metaphor: it says something totally different, and it says the same thing.
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This is God's world, not Satan's. Christians are the lawful heirs, not non-Christians.
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Having committed ourselves to Iraq, we must prevail, and to prevail, we must fund all of the requirements for our military. We must do it adequately and promptly, and the administration is doing neither.
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All businesses tend to pass costs onto customers.
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I was the youngest child. I got to be myself and ask stupid questions because I was the youngest. It is so important to listen to the questions children have and reward them for the wondrous questions they ask.
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Cooking is an important part of a good, stable family life. I like to get the family together; there's a huge nurturing element in it.
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The single most important impediment to global institutions is the concept of "my country, right or wrong".
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I think it's important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you've got to try new stuff and challenge yourself and take chances.
