Darren Aronofsky Quotes
I wasn't a big fan of social anthropology. And, luckily, that created room for me to work in visual arts because I sort of ignored my requirements. I think I was attracted to social anthropology because I liked to travel and was always interested in far-off places.
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I love to sit and watch people. I love to sit and listen to people.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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For all intents and purposes, I'm a woman.
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My father insisted that I and my sisters not be indoctrinated into any religion at any age.
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I support allowing homosexuals to serve openly in our military and eliminating the 'don't ask, don't tell' policy.
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There are times in my life when I just want to be by myself.
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The states are not free, under the guise of protecting maternal health or potential life, to intimidate women into continuing pregnancies.
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There had always been black people in and out of our house, and from the outset I had been taught that for them life was defined by struggle and filled with injustice.
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In so far as one denies what is, one is possessed by what is not, the compulsions, the fantasies, the terrors that flock to fill the void.
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To do a really good interview, you have to be truly interested in the person.
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If you respect a language and culture, it shows in your work.
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I love dresses, and I've definitely thought about designing them someday. I just want to make sure that I wait until the time is perfect and I can do it right.
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There are so many different camps about what being gay means. The danger comes when each one is so rigid that it sees itself as the true picture.
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I'm an actor first and foremost, who happens to do improv. I've also done sitcoms, I've done stage.
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A dinosaur out of context is like a character without a story. Worse than that, the character suffers from amnesia.
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'Shkoff' is to eat. 'Shkiaff' is to slap. Like, 'Gettouttahere I'm gonna give you a couple of shkiaffs,' or, 'Forget presentation, just shkiaff the food onto the plate.'
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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.
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I like to have fun, but I also try to make time for my son.
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I have adopted an 80/20 rule when it comes to my delicate relationship with food: 80 percent of the time, I make good choices; 20 percent of the time, I let myself splurge a little.
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We don't need mandatory, non-sectarian prayers read over the loudspeaker to 'put God back in schools.' God never left the schools. God is still at work through the hundreds of thousands of gifted teachers and administrators, committed parents, and passionate volunteers who seek to help give our children 'a future with hope.'
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In today's world, I probably would like to work with someone like Gaga.
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When the culture is strong, you've got this consistency where black people can grow up in these places with this voice just resonating about our special-ness in the universe. And I always say you're in trouble if you get too far away from that core that grounds you.
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Your hips get really stiff when you're stuck on a bike for several hours each day.
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I wasn't a big fan of social anthropology. And, luckily, that created room for me to work in visual arts because I sort of ignored my requirements. I think I was attracted to social anthropology because I liked to travel and was always interested in far-off places.
