Diplo (Thomas Wesley Pentz Jr.) Quotes
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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I needed to really pursue music and learn what I needed to learn on my own by getting in and doing it, not by reading a book about it.
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Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be administered.
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People speak of the fear of the blank canvas as though it is a temporary hesitation, a trembling moment of self-doubt. For me it was more like being abducted from my bed by a clown, thrust into a circus arena with a wicker chair, and told to tame a pissed-off lion in front of an expectant crowd.
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In the beginning, I didn't dance that much and stuff.
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After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.
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I've always been a person who's been true to myself and true to others, and I'm not afraid to be honest.
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When the news is good, the BBC view is: 'Get the government out of the picture quickly, don't allow them to say anything about it.' When the news is bad: 'Let's all dump on the government.'
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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I realized I had been keeping people around even when deep down I knew they were bad for me. I had overridden myself.
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Since I was 10 years old, I knew I wanted to sail around the world.
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I was what they call 'skinny fat' - a body that resembled a python after swallowing a goat.
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They hate whom they fear.
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It's not like my old self – I'm not in character anymore, I'm me. I'm not hiding behind that anymore.
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Frankly, right is right and wrong is wrong, particularly when a parent is talking to a child. A bright line around moral responsibility is very important.
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Many of the things the slow food people honor were innovations within historical times. Somebody had to be the first European to eat a tomato.
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All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.
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I'm funny at home too, but not deliberately. My wife is usually laughing at me rather than with me.
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Teaching was my transition from student life to working life. In those days, our system of education was a little different. The number of students in each class was huge. I think in political science general, which I taught, it was around 100.
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The people sometimes who are closest to us are the ones who bear the brunt of our frustration.
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I think a lot of politicians, rightfully so, understand that their political futures are tied to how many times people see their names in print. The press is so accustomed to politicians wanting those things, it's a surprise when somebody's like, 'Whatever, I'm not really worried about those things.'
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Al Jazeera is a representation of, you know, diversity in the Arab world. In our newsroom, we have every single nationality, we have every single, you know, ideology, we have every single background. However, when it comes to the screen, we have one code of ethics and one code of conduct.
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No statistical proofs exist that prayer reduces illness and mortality, except perhaps through a psychogenic enhancement of the immune system; if it were otherwise the whole world would pray continuously.
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Every day is work for me, but it's also a party. I'm the luckiest guy in the world.
