Culture in America and everywhere else comes from the suffering, from those who don’t want the old ways. They want to bring in the new, whether it’s the ballet, when it started, or Shakespeare.
RUSSELL SIMMONSThe world belongs to the people who say, ‘I can’.
More Russell Simmons Quotes
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Every day set the simple goal of trying to be more awake and less distracted.
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Gratefulness is a practice, just like happiness is a choice.
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Donald Trump’s not politically correct. Although you are running for president, you should be politically correct. But there is also the expression of an artist.
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I’ve been thinking a lot about gay marriage. I’m a big supporter.
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Not every move you make has to be a great leap
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I can’t get my medicine.
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I think that’s what made rap such a stable footprint in culture, that it’s so honest.
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The less you need, the more you attract.
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There are no failures, only quitters.
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I don’t believe that people create their own visions. Rather, I believe that visions are actually God’s way of communicating with us.
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You can be anything you want to be, and you can start today, instead of waiting for some opportunity.
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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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I don’t want to wait for Hollywood to decide that what I do is good.
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I want to promote poetry to the point where you got all the baldhead kids running around doing poetry, getting the music out of the way and having only words, the spoken word, and then see what happens.
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Never change for the mainstream—stay in your lane, and if you’re talented and resilient enough the mainstream will come to you.
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