Diplo (Thomas Wesley Pentz Jr.) Quotes
That's what I care about is the people I work with and representing them and helping to make their music apparent for the rest of the world.
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I drink a fair amount of ramen noodles.
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It is easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing, that's the Lord's test.
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To be honest, once you've driven around for about five, 10 laps, you don't notice a difference.
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Experience by itself is not science.
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My work was entirely nonfiction.
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I developed my training routine going into my senior year at Jackson State. I found this sandbank by the Pearl River near my hometown, Columbia, Miss. I laid out a course of 65 yards or so. Sixty-five yards on sand is like 120 on turf, but running on sand helps you make your cuts at full speed.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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And I'm not an actress. I don't think I am an actress. I think I've created a brand and a business.
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I am young, and I think all young guys would love to play a superhero - any superhero - it doesn't matter. I could be a superhero that would just turn into a big blob or something like that, but I could tell all the ladies, 'Hey, I am superhero!'
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Take, for example, the African jungle, the home of the cheetah. On whom does the cheetah prey? The old, the sick, the wounded, the weak, the very young, but never the strong. Lesson: If you would not be prey, you had better be strong.
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'Runaround Sue' was a big record for me, as well as the music video for it.
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Every single administration in American political history has put cronies and pals and donors into political positions. But normally those people become the ambassador to Liechtenstein or the deputy undersecretary of commerce.
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The importance of satire is bringing more people to the table. There are a lot of average citizens who aren't interested in politics and would be more interested if it's brought to them in a comedic, funny, satirical way.
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I never, never thought one day I will sing at La Scala or I will get the Grammy. I'm lucky. I work a lot with a teacher, with my coach.
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I don't think you'll ever be happy about anything unless you've done it.
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'Blood Meridian' was without question the novel that made me want to become a writer.
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I'm like all parents who try to shelter their children.
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Deep inside, I was hoping I'd win: The competition was tough, but I learned from other's mistakes.
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A person's age can be determined by the degree of pain he experiences when he comes in contact with a new idea.
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Many people believe that determining who is 'black' is rather easy, a task simplified by the administration of the one-drop rule. Under the one-drop rule, any discernible African ancestry stamps a person as 'black.'
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Artists should agitate and democratize their own work, but they should also work to democratize the arts themselves.
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Some companies have a very well-defined program that they bring young people into to help them figure out what they really like to do to get them exposure to senior management early.
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I was a Reagan backer. It was a shock for some people that I could agree with anything that man would say.
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That's what I care about is the people I work with and representing them and helping to make their music apparent for the rest of the world.
