Diplo (Thomas Wesley Pentz Jr.) Quotes
As a DJ, it's my job to break new music. And instead of it just being the stuff that's coming from the major labels or the big pop records, I've always gravitated to something that's just different, you know?
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It is essential to link enterprises on the basis of objective laws of a socialist economy and legal system.
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I took my acting very seriously. I did over 40 films, and naturally, some of them were called B-movies because the woman was at the top of the billing. Women couldn't star in their own movies.
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America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
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Those who condemn gay marriage, yet are silent or indifferent to the breakdown of marriage and divorce, are, in my view, missing the real issue.
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I don't have any fear of intimacy, but rather thrive on it, which is rare in a public person.
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This was just one of many times God has spared me.
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Touring, and being in a band, it's almost like the other stuff, the other parts of life, get put on hold.
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I am a big believer that eventually everything comes back to you. You get back what you give out.
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All I suggest is to make K-12 like higher education. Higher education in the United States is the best in the world because these institutions compete with each other for your tuition dollar. Let's just bring competition to public education.
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Medicine, you see, is my first love; whether I write fiction or nonfiction, and even when it has nothing to do with medicine, it's still about medicine. After all, what is medicine but life plus? So I write about life.
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Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.
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Being a model, you're always the product of somebody else's vision.
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Hollywood's got its own particular environment.
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I'm not actually even a very good singer. I'm not.
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Well into the 20th century, black people spoke of their flight from Mississippi in much the same manner as their runagate ancestors had.
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I want babies. I think I'll be a great dad.
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I've always had great faith in the Man Upstairs.
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I think all of us are thankful every day we get to put this uniform on, and we play this game. So try not to take any days for granted. Every time you take the field, give a hundred percent and leave it all out there.
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Business is fun. Controlling your own destiny is fun. Creating an idea and turning it into a movie; finding an artist and guiding their career and bringing them to some type of status - there's joy in that.
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The voice has to be very clear at all times in order to convey the emotion.
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For me, it's always more interesting to look at things when you don't really have a horse in the race, so to speak.
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I've come to realize that artists and scientists are alike. They go through the same processes using different tools. They are both driven to answer the question, 'What if?'
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I first visited Kurdistan in 2003. I arrived in the town of Sulaimaniyah, courtesy of smugglers who drove me across the border from Iran. Sulaimaniyah was a small, charming provincial Kurdish town.
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As a DJ, it's my job to break new music. And instead of it just being the stuff that's coming from the major labels or the big pop records, I've always gravitated to something that's just different, you know?
