Diplo (Thomas Wesley Pentz Jr.) Quotes
I never got tied down to any social scene. I was just into creating stuff. And I think, even today, that's how I'm able to work and move between so many different genres - I want to be part of what's happening, I want to make new things.
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I get recognized so much. It happens mostly when I'm in Starbucks.
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The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line.
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I think there is a real misconception about Indian food being super spicy. And I know that's because when you go into an Indian restaurant, it is pretty spicy. But it doesn't have to be. In fact, my husband can't handle a lot of heat. I've had to temper my cooking so that he can eat with me.
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Denied anything ardently desired, the individual or state will argue and parley just so long - then, if the impelling motive be sufficiently great, will cast aside every rule and break down every acquired inhibition, plunging viciously after the object wished; all the more fantastically savage because of previous repression.
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I have gotten more flak for being a conservative Republican than I have for being trans.
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Life is not always easy to live, but the opportunity to do so is a blessing beyond comprehension. In the process of living, we will face struggles, many of which will cause us to suffer and to experience pain.
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It is wonderful to say that your days behind a school desk are over. It's just another phase in your life.
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I am a just man.
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It's funny because when I'm outside Australia, I never get to do my Australian accent in anything. It's always a Danish accent or an English accent or an American accent.
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I happen to be the kind of reader who, if I like something, I don't want it to end.
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Ultimately life is disease, death and oblivion. It's still better than high school.
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Humans are amphibians - half spirit and half animal. As spirits they belong to the eternal world, but as animals they inhabit time.
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The proliferation of bans fuels stereotypes and discriminates against a community.
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I just want to show the fans my big smile and play the game that I love.
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I know that I cannot be with a person for three hours without saying at least ten things that would kill me.
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Among all the 'awards' that I have hitherto collected, I consider the title of 'patita' or 'fallen woman' to be the highest. This is an achievement of my long-struggling life as a writer and as a woman.
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We have to understand in value what the services of nature are so that we can understand that degrading them is an irreplaceable resource that no amount of money or human ingenuity can replace.
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The amount of culture going on in a small country like Israel is amazing.
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I thought that the first set, I definitely was in control. In the second set, she raised her level and I wasn't able to finish the set.
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Every word born of an inner necessity - writing must never be anything else.
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Major organizational changes create uncertainty.
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Create your own myths; that is how the gods got started.
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I never got tied down to any social scene. I was just into creating stuff. And I think, even today, that's how I'm able to work and move between so many different genres - I want to be part of what's happening, I want to make new things.
