Diplo (Thomas Wesley Pentz Jr.) Quotes
You can never judge any music by their audience. That's the main reason people in England have a prejudice against someone like Skrillex. You judge people by their music. That's always been first and foremost.
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I've always really been interested in the Pygmalion myth and both what it has to say about creativity and what it has to say about relationships between men and women.
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In seventh and eighth grade, grammar and vocabulary were not my favorite subjects.
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Maybe one day music will just be music, and there won't be these categories; it'll just be different shades of music.
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Those are my favorite kind of parts to do, just being a goofball and seeing how far you can go with something until you're just way out of line.
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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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I do small things. I try to do good things every day.
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Cable news is more titillating to talk about who's up and who's down and all that nonsense as opposed to what's actually done.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism.
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I know that I am an excellent live performer. I know that I have spent my life paying attention to my art form, developing my art form, worrying about my show and what it is I'm bringing to people, making sure that I give them a fine trade. They get a two-hour show, sometimes a three-hour show, for a decent price.
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Going out at night and having a fabulous social life takes a lot out of you, and I don't know if I have that much to give, honestly. I would rather give that time to my kids or spend that time reading a book or watching a film. I am selfish and lazy.
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We've all heard of the surveys revealing that teenagers think cows lay eggs, and others where children can identify more brand logos than trees, by a staggering margin. My view is that children will form a significant part of the green fightback. They instinctively understand the value of the environment.
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At the end of the day, you can't have a vision; you have to have a hope. This is where the miracle comes in.
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I saw the pilot for 'Girls' about six months before it aired.
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Even the worst Bond movies, there's something to love about them.
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I try to avoid experience if I can. Most experience is bad.
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I like the condition of being an outsider, just passing through.
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Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time.
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When I tour with the new album, I still do the classics, and I love the atmosphere it creates with the whole audience singing along.
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I trust my makeup artist to apply dark lipstick, but I get nervous about reapplying it, so I'll just use gloss instead. The last time I tried to reapply dark lipstick, I dropped it on my dress and it left a spot.
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The fact is that more and more people are developing a sensitivity to gluten, without necessarily being allergic to it.
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Once you get my snark going, I'll just start snarking it up all over Twitter.
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He kept harping about 'What rules don't they know?' And I said, 'The entire rule book is something that they just don't know, that they should know.' He got a little testy about it and he said, 'If you don't like it, hang up' -- which I did.
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You can never judge any music by their audience. That's the main reason people in England have a prejudice against someone like Skrillex. You judge people by their music. That's always been first and foremost.
