#work

I work best when there is adversity: I seem to get calmer the more the fur is flying. ↗

— Andrea Arnold

#best #calmer #flying #fur #get

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

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

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

#another #been #called #career #dream

I'm looking at working with people I get on with, that respect me, that don't just see me as a piece of ass. Which I have experienced as well. I've nearly walked off very big films before, and I would, because I don't want that in my life. I want to enjoy the work I do. ↗

— Gemma Arterton

#because #before #big #enjoy #experienced

But that's one of the nice things about doing a stage show, if something doesn't work out, you have the luxury of working on it over time. ↗

— Bea Arthur

#doing #luxury #nice #nice things #out

I am still working with music, but Gordon and I no longer perform together. ↗

— Peter Asher

#gordon #i #i am #longer #music

Whatever muscles I have are the product of my own hard work and nothing else. ↗

— Evelyn Ashford

#hard #hard work #i #muscles #my own

Melissa and I have the best working relationship, and we feel that Jack and Jennifer have so much more to do. ↗

— Matthew Ashford

#feel #i #jack #jennifer #melissa

Above and beyond having the social life, to have a core group of people that you work with and spend time with and learn how to work with is a nice thing. ↗

— Shawn Ashmore

#beyond #core #group #having #how