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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I personally think Beyonce's a strong feminist. What she's done in music and for women is unprecedented. I love her. She definitely makes me feel like more of a woman.
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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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We're all well-acquainted with depression, we all know what the low moods are, but the mania was not something I knew much about. I didn't know that it would make someone dress extravagantly or start to pun, and to stay up and drink.
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El Salvador is a democracy so it's not surprising that there are many voices to be heard here. Yet in my conversations with Salvadorans... I have heard a single voice.
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When I was a kid a long time ago, when the sun rose, I was outside on my bike. If my parents were lucky - poor parents! - I would be home before it got dark.
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It's not a bad thing fighting for equality and helping the poor. It's not a bad thing to have on your professional tombstone: 'He believed in equality and he helped the poor.'
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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.
