Diplo (Thomas Wesley Pentz Jr.) Quotes
When we think about big records, a lot of producers are thinking of how to make it as standard as possible. I think those days are gone. I think you have to surprise the audience in 2015.
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Now I'm back home, living in London, running my theater. I just want to enjoy all that.
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The measure of a man is not how great his faith is, but how great his love is. We must not let government programs disconnect our souls from each other.
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You don't need expensive classes and all kinds of weird equipment if you really want to be in shape. There are great ways to do it that are very economical, it just takes a time commitment, even if it means waking up a half hour a day before the rest of the household gets up because that's the only time you have.
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Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without.
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You have to realize that up until about 1959, Africa was dominated by the colonial powers. And by the colonial powers of Europe having complete control over Africa, they projected Africa always in a negative light - jungles, savages, cannibals, nothing civilized.
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The mob spirit has grown with the increasing intelligence of the Afro-American.
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I took religion much too seriously, however, and its overall effect was depressing. I would have really liked to discard it, but somehow I couldn't.
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I believe that my parents did wonderful things for us.
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I like all music. The only music I don't like is bad music.
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The Lord discovered to me a sense of my unbelief that, though late, I should remember my transgressions and that I should be converted with my whole heart to the Lord my God.
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A dinosaur out of context is like a character without a story. Worse than that, the character suffers from amnesia.
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The bad boy: always more fun.
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Fitness has always been one of the top priorities in my life because that's the way I grew up, with soccer being the sport of choice.
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Music is my heart, but I see television and more movies in the next stage of my life.
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All the characters on 'Girls' are growing and changing, which is how real people behave, especially when we're young, trying to figure out who we are, doing things that are the polar opposite of our characteristics.
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I don't think anyone really is interested in reading about my emotional state. It's not even interesting to me.
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I had to figure out how to bring the world into my work.
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Those edges and turns teach control and discipline, just like finger exercises on the piano.
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The Assad regime has lost the consent of the governed, and it is difficult to see how a replacement Alawite regime would be able to regain this consent.
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There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.
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An angry generation will not bring peace to the world; I do believe that.
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When we think about big records, a lot of producers are thinking of how to make it as standard as possible. I think those days are gone. I think you have to surprise the audience in 2015.
