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One's age should be tranquil, as childhood should be playful. Hard work at either extremity of life seems out of place. At midday the sun may burn, and men labor under it; but the morning and evening should be alike calm and cheerful. ↗

— Thomas Arnold

#alike #burn #calm #cheerful #childhood

It was from an old friend who thought he was dying. Anyway, he said, 'Life and death issues don't come along that often, thank God, so don't treat everything like it's life or death. Go easier.' ↗

— Thomas Arnold

#anyway #come #death #dying #easier

The difference between one man and another is not mere ability it is energy. ↗

— Thomas Arnold

#another #between #difference #energy #man

Foreknowledge of the future makes it possible to manipulate both enemies and supporters. ↗

— Raymond Aron

#foreknowledge #future #makes #manipulate #possible

I try to live my life where I end up at a point where I have no regrets. So I try to choose the road that I have the most passion on because then you can never really blame yourself for making the wrong choices. You can always say you're following your passion. ↗

— Darren Aronofsky

#because #blame #choices #choose #end

War is what happens when language fails. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#happens #language #war

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. ↗

— Darren Aronofsky

#always #big #come #comes #dark

I don't look on poetry as closed works. I feel they're going on all the time in my head and I occasionally snip off a length. ↗

— John Ashbery

#feel #going #head #i #i feel

I've always wanted to introduce hip-hop filmmaking to film. There's hip-hop art, dance, music, but there really isn't hip-hop film. So I was trying to do that. ↗

— Darren Aronofsky

#art #dance #film #filmmaking #hip-hop

Right after I did 'The Fountain,' I wanted to go make a documentary or something that was less constructed - more natural. I was searching for a project, and sniffing around, 'The Wrestler' fit right in. ↗

— Darren Aronofsky

#around #constructed #did #documentary #fit