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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I have all the patience in the world about Sirens. For me it's not a Grateful Dead project, it's a Me project.
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Fame always brings loneliness. Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole.
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I had been one of the earliest social media adopters, driven by a mix of curiosity and enthusiasm for the way in which it levels borders and connects people who couldn't really have connected otherwise.
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We grow by letting the customer tell us. So when the customer tells us that they're frustrated, that they just got their catalogue and we're already out of a product they wanted, then it tells me that we're not making enough. We let the customer tell us instead of creating an artificial demand for our products. Any time you're making products that people don't need, you're at the mercy of the economy, you're at the mercy of whatever is going on. So we tried to avoid that situation.
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...Your company...will send drugs to all the underdeveloped countries of the world, and since they do not have any standards, we will fool them all and can make a great big profit and never tell the doctors that there is a risk.....You will meet the standards of the country in which you are advertising, not the...proper standard...I would think that you would not sleep at night....I do not think this country will not stand for it.
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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.
