American democracy is spoiled by people buying everything in sight and then selling and buying everything in sight, including our politicians.
RUSSELL SIMMONSNo matter where you want to go, as long as you follow your path with faith, dedication and hard work, you are going to get there.
More Russell Simmons Quotes
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You have to live your life as if you are already where you want to be.
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Hollywood is full of very liberal people, but it still has an infrastructure that needs to be broken.
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Every day set the simple goal of trying to be more awake and less distracted.
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When you sit quietly and look inside, things that seem so difficult on the outside become a lot easier to digest. Concerns that might’ve caused a lot of anxiety just come and go.
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Gratefulness is a practice, just like happiness is a choice.
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Happy can make you money, but money can’t make you happy.
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I have a pilot called The Re-Education of Oliver Cooper starring the white kid from Project X where follows a black girl to a black university, like in Legally Blonde. I have so many fun projects.
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Poverty and lack of knowledge must be challenged.
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The difference between blues, jazz, rock n’ roll and rap is that rap stayed poor. Even the white rappers are poor. It’s scarier to look at poor people; it makes everyone uncomfortable. Their pain is something that people would like to see swept under the rug.
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When the mind is totally still, there’s only bliss. I got a piece of that reality from my first yoga class, from smiling and breathing in every difficult pose. I went, “Oh my God! I’m clear! I love this!”
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The greatest tool to eliminate the noise is meditation.
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Mistakes only cost you when you don’t acknowledge them.
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There’s one overriding issue, namely, that we live in a police state so long as the police get to police themselves. And that is why cops go unindicted.
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[Performing artists] are making greater percentages. People are going to live events more and it’s a big success story for everyone – except the music industry itself.
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The politicians already in office don’t want to change. A few might have it in their hearts to change and to start working for the people, but even some of the most progressive politicians are silent because they know that the candidate with the most money wins.
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