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You have to be present, awake and happy now.

Russell Simmons

I kind of think that artists throughout history, poets throughout history have been criticized for sharing what’s on people’s minds and I don’t think it’s any different now.
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Artist Different People Sharing Thinking
We need to hear everyone. We need dialogue between police and the community. They’re angry. They’re hurt. A dialogue can cause a shift in consciousness in the person if he’s understanding you and listening.
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Community Hurt Understanding
The biggest impediment to get the laws changed was the lobbyists. Whether you’re talking about healthcare, jobs going overseas, or tax reform, you’re always coming up against lobbyists.
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Biggest Changed Lobbyist Overseas
I have faith in people and our government ultimately to do the right thing. And to my brothers and sisters in California, I’m there with you every step of the way until that day comes…
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Country Right Step Thing Until Come
If you learn late, you pass it on to people so they can learn early. It’s a step process.
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People Process Steps
If you just remember to breathe and smile before you act, you’ll always make the right decision.
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Breath Decision Remember
Antisemitism is just another form of racism. It’s the same sickness, whether it’s about Christians, about Islamophobia, which is horrible. It’s all wrong. It’s all the same.
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Christianity Racism Sickness
The research shows that if you meditate, the mind becomes still, and they can see the functionality and gray matter in the brain increase, the nervous system calm, the immune system improve and a reduction in stress.
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Brain Gray Matter Stress
I can’t pay my [bills]. I can’t go to work. My car is out of gas.
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Bills Car Pay
Get your hustle on… Hard work is easy, working out is hard.
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Hard Hustle Out Work
Music is the noise that surrounds the stillness of the art form.
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Art Form Noise Stillness
I would like to employ more people but I don’t want to empower my charities at the cost of exploiting people or doing things that are not useful, so I’m working on that.
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Empowering People Want
Learn to let your thoughts exist on their own without getting too involved in them.
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Exists Involved Own
Cruelty is cruelty, whether it’s cruelty to children, to the elderly, to dogs and cats, or to chickens.
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Cat Children Dog
You just have to pay attention to what people need and what has not been done.
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Business Entrepreneur People
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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Anxiety Looks might

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