Diplo (Thomas Wesley Pentz Jr.) Quotes
I appreciate people who are authentic. Someone who just wants to be cool, I can tell when their intentions aren't right.
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I work hard at my job, and I guess hard work pays off.
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If I had a big brother who was a year older than me or something, I probably wouldn't have ended up being a filmmaker.
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I've never been one to run from a challenge.
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We should read music in the same way that an educated adult will read a book: in silence, but imagining the sound.
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A historical romance is the only kind of book where chastity really counts.
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I never smoked. I never drank and I never took drugs. The funny thing is, nothing is more boring, people like this. For me, it's OK. But most of my friends, at least they smoke and drink.
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I try to do two moot courts for every Supreme Court case (and one to two for courts of appeals), and to ensure I am being mooted by people who know the Supreme Court well and are coming to the case fresh.
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We don't expect every operator to be Christian, but we tell them we do expect them to operate on Christian principles.
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Most people are interested in seeing 27-year-old women who are in movies somehow connected to sex. It's interesting to everyone. Especially little movies that are having trouble getting made, there's always sex.
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I'm from Port Arthur, Texas! Little guy! Little character guy from one of the saddest oil-refinery towns in America. And here I was driving over to Beverly Hills, to 20th Century Fox, to be on 'M*A*S*H!'
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The best way to catch my attention is to throw a Twinkie near my face.
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I've been writing stories since I was a kid. I love writing stories.
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And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so Thou wouldst mercifully grant me to attain one day to Thee, the fountain of all wisdom and to appear forever before Thy face.
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You learn stuff from every character you play about the human condition that can be quite enlightening.
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A novel is a great act of passion and intellect, carpentry and largess. From the very beginning, I wrote to explain my own life to myself, and I invited readers who chose to make the journey with me to join me on the high wire.
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I'm English, and I started off as a songwriter, so I can't really escape that - it's there.
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When people get things for free, they tend to not take them as seriously.
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The challenge of a cathedral is very good for architectural inventiveness.
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I don't know if I'm a tortured soul, but I was born heartbroken. I remember feeling it when I was so young. I was like, 'Mum, it hurts.'
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When I was a postdoc, I jotted every fresh thought on a three-by-five card and kept them in a card catalogue.
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I never consciously do any work directly influenced from any movie, unless I'm doing a parody.
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I was 40 when I did my first movie.
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I didn't realize how much people liked to bash SNL until I was on. I've always just liked it, and I've always watched it and been into it.
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I appreciate people who are authentic. Someone who just wants to be cool, I can tell when their intentions aren't right.
