Diplo (Thomas Wesley Pentz Jr.) Quotes
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My dad always said, 'Don't worry what people think, because you can't change it.'
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People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
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No 17-year-old is just one thing, especially in this day and age. Kids are into all sorts of things.
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I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
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Every director bites the hand that lays the golden egg.
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Please know that being 80 is not a scary thing. When you're 80, your life is much freer.
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I always sang after every dinner or when we had people over or when we had a show in school. I just loved to be on stage and sing in front of people.
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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Jean Piaget observed that scarcely any question seems absurd to a child, but he was silent on the question of absurd answers from adults.
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Every actor has their own process. For me, I really need to stay in the pocket. So, if I'm on set and I'm in character, I'm not thinking like a producer. If I'm on set and I'm not in character, wardrobe and make-up, and I'm just coming on set for the moments that I'm not shooting, then I'm able to be the producer.
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The thing about the Internet is that you can write something... for a very narrow audience and make a living at it.
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Success is so fleeting; even if you get a good book deal, or your book is a huge success, there's always the fear: 'What about the next one?'
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The best people to provide valuable information about any society are the children of that society who belong to its culture and are part of its collective conscience.
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The Wreckoning is a darker song. But the record is positive.
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I can only control what I can control.
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Circle are praised, not that abound, In largeness, but the exactly round.
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To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.
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I'm guilty of eating Magnum bars before I go to sleep at night.
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Make measurable progress in reasonable time.
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What is OK is to spend money for productivity. What is not OK is just to light money on fire.
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My worst investment decision so far is to lend money to friends. So far, it has all come to zero.
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The Oscar buzz when I was nominated was totally overwhelming. I think I can cope with anything now that I've coped with that. It was huge. It makes you realize, coming from a small country like Australia, what an enormous industry it is in America.
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In a country like France, so ancient, their history is full of outstanding people, so they carry a heavy weight on their back. Who could write in French after Proust or Flaubert?
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Sometimes I make more money in a weekend than my grandpa made in a year.
