Diplo (Thomas Wesley Pentz Jr.) Quotes

I'm not a superstar, per se... but I'm a musical creator - a producer in the same vein as what Quincy Jones was, or Pharrell and Timbaland were.

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• I'm just being me on Instagram, and that's what I love about it. It's definitely personal, and it's, like, no one in my team would ever get my password for my Instagram. Like, that's a no-no.

  

  Zara Larsson
  • Love
  • Team
  • Personal

• If an organization values innovation, you can assume it's safe to speak up with new ideas, leaders will listen, and your voice matters.

  

  Adam Grant
  • Up
  • Ideas
  • Voice

• Obviously I'm not 21 anymore, but I think I can still throw with anybody.

  

  Dan Marino
  • Think
  • I Can
  • Throw

• I have truly eclectic taste in music, and I seem to cycle through phases in terms of to what's inspiring me. I'll go from Beethoven to Sigur Ros; world music, Brit-pop, classic rock, blues/jazz, even the odd bit of heavy metal.

  

  Rachel Miner
  • World
  • Music
  • Rock

• I do feel bad when my films don't do well, but I respect audiences' verdict because they know well which films to support. If they don't like a film, we should accept it.

  

  Hansika Motwani
  • Bad
  • Know
  • Respect

• Everything that enlarges the sphere of human powers, that shows man he can do what he thought he could not do, is valuable.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • Man
  • Thought
  • Human

• One does not allow the plumbers to decide the temperature, depth and timing of a bath.

  

  Jack Gould
  • Depth
  • Timing
  • Bath

• If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.

  

  Isaac Asimov
  • Knowledge
  • Ignorance
  • Create

• What motivated me to dedicate myself to public service for nearly two-thirds of my life was the chance to produce results for those people who entrusted me to be their voice and their champion.

  

  Olympia Snowe
  • People
  • Life
  • Myself

• Web GIS provides us with a whole new window into our information through applications that are easy, 3D, and analytic. These applications are not just casual things, but reach deep into geographic knowledge and apply it.

  

  Jack Dangermond
  • Knowledge
  • Deep
  • Information

• All the embroidery is made in my father's workshop in India... and all the cutting and sewing is done in my studio.

  

  Naeem Khan
  • Done
  • Father
  • Cutting

• I did not become great by association of The Beatles! Beatles make Maharishi great? Pah! It is a waste of thought.

  

  Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
  • Great
  • Thought
  • Beatles

• I'm a very independent woman.

  

  Faith Hill
  • Woman
  • Independent
  • Independent Woman

• The system of creating opportunities for those who were by law excluded, you've got to do that. But you mustn't create a perception that the process is devoid of competitiveness... devoid of building a world class, sustainable black business community.

  

  Patrice Motsepe
  • World
  • Business
  • Black

• A lot of people see electronic music as a flavor of the week, but it can be more than that - has to be more than that.

  

  Kaskade
  • People
  • Music
  • Week

• If a democratic society displays less brilliance than an aristocracy, there will also be less wretchedness; pleasures will be less outrageous and wellbeing will be shared by all; the sciences will be on a smaller scale but ignorance will be less common; opinions will be less vigorous and habits gentler; you will notice more vices and fewer crimes.

  

  Alexis de Tocqueville
  • Society
  • Ignorance

• Tell me if anything was ever done.

  

  Leonardo da Vinci
  • Done

• Everything this series is being built up to be - I think it's going to live up to those expectations.

  

  Matthew Hayden
  • Up
  • Live

• A few years ago I lost 30 pounds, and people still wanted to criticize. And honestly, I'm happy with myself if I'm a little heavier. I realized: 'Why am I trying to conform to someone else's idea of beauty?' I think I'm beautiful either way.

  

  Khloe Kardashian
  • People
  • Trying
  • Why

• As I've got older, and since I cut all my hair off, I've felt a bit more liberated about trying different things out.

  

  Emma Watson
  • Different
  • Trying
  • Hair

• When you have kids, you just love them. It's similar to when you're in love with someone. You just think they are so cool and want to be around them all the time, but what if she starts being embarrassed and only giving me charity visits? I want her to actually want to see me, so that's what I'm going for!

  

  Jeremy Sisto
  • Time
  • She
  • Kids

• [I would like to be] one of [the first pop singers to perform in a free Cuba]. I know the list is huge. And it would be hard to pull off -- I'd have a lump as big as a tostone [fried green plantain] in my throat. But oh my God, what a dream -- it would be the height of my personal and professional career.

  

  Gloria Estefan Miami Sound Machine
  • God
  • Career
  • Dream

• As adults, when we attend to something in the world we are vividly conscious of that particular thing, and we shut out the surrounding world. The classic metaphor is that attention is like a spotlight, illuminating one part of the world and leaving the rest in darkness.

  

  Alison Gopnik
  • World
  • Attention
  • Rest

• I'm not a superstar, per se... but I'm a musical creator - a producer in the same vein as what Quincy Jones was, or Pharrell and Timbaland were.

  

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